Watch List notes:

Nero, as Caesar, 50-54. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.48 g, 7 h), Lugdunum, 51. NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGN Bare-headed and draped bust of Nero to right. Rev. EQVESTER / ORDO / PRINCIPI / IVVENT in four lines on round shield with central boss and vertical spear behind. BMC 93. CBN 96. Cohen 97. Giard 89. RIC 79. Perfectly centered and with a lovely juvenile portrait. Light porosity and with two thin flan cracks, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Lanz 106, 27 November 2001, 274.