Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.84 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory and parazonium; shields to right. RIC I 329; WCN 160. Dark brown patina, surface marks, edge scrape. Good VF. A striking portrait with a particularly attractive reverse. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 118 (13 September 2021), lot 987; T. R. Fehrenbach Collection (Heritage 3089, 21 January 2021), lot 32177; Classical Numismatic Review XV.4 (4th Quarter 1990), no. 56; Aus dem Monetarium FPL (December 1989), no. 3.
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