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NERO, GOLD AUREUS, MINT OF LUGDUNUM

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Code: 10167



Nero Gold Aureus, AD 54-68
Lugdunum Mint, struck AD 55-6
Post-accession issues
Obverse: NERO . CAESAR . AVG .  IMP ., Young bare head facing right
Reverse: PONTIF .  MAX .  TR .  P . VI .  COS .  IIII .  P .  P ., around an oak-wreath encircling EX SC.
RIC 8
7.6 grams, 19 mm in diameter.
A superb example with a pleasing portrait, retaining much original lustre, very fine and very rare thus.