Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.78 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGN, bareheaded and draped bust of young Nero right / EQVESTER/OR DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT in four lines on a shield; behind it, a vertical spear, pointing upward. RIC I 78 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 53, 962 (V820/R1169); Lyon 88 (Claudius); Calicó 407; BMCRE 90-2 (Claudius); BN 94-5 (Claudius); Adda 29; Biaggi 223; Mazzini 96. Shallow scratches and marks, scrape on reverse, some edge scrapes and marks. Good VF. Fine style portrait.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 118 (13 September 2021), lot 984 (hammer $9500); Stack's (9 December 1991), lot 28.