Nero, 54-68. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.70 g, 3 h), Lugdunum, 58-59. [NE]RO•CAESAR•AVG•IMP• Bare head of Nero to right. Rev. PONTIF•MAX•TR•P•V•P P• Oak wreath containing EX S C. BMC 17. Calicó 424. CBN 23. Cohen 210. Giard 16. RIC 16. A lovely example with a fine portrait and most attractive reddish Boscoreale toning. A few minor scratches and with a die break on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Hirsch 281, 2 May 2012, 680, Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 April 2011, 917, Lanz 148, 4 January 2010, 77 and Hess-Leu, 24 March 1959, 331, and very likely from the Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.