Nero.
AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 25.42 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLΛVD CΛESΛR ΛVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head left, globe at point of neck / DECVRSIO in exergue, S C across field, Nero, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, on horse prancing right, carrying spear in rest in right hand; to left, a soldier also on horseback, carrying vexillum in right hand sloped over shoulder. RIC I 397; WCN 413; Lyon 73; BMCRE 311-3 var. (head right); BN 71-2 var. (same). Near EF, dark gray-brown patina.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Carl Subak, January 1990.
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