Ancients
Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68). AE dupondius (26mm, 12.86 gm, 5h). Choice XF, possibly smoothed and tooled. Lugdunum, ca. AD 64-67. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head of Nero right; globe at point of truncation / VICTORIA-AVGVSTI, Victory advancing left, wreath raised in right hand, palm branch in left; S-C across fields, II (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 408. Boldly struck from handsomely styled dies. Hair and wreath possibly tooled, thus ineligible for encapsulation.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear, private sale with old dealer tag
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