Nerone, quadrante (Boyd collection)

NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Quadrans (15mm, 2.33 g). Rome mint. Struck circa 64 AD.

D/ NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG, Cippus surmounted by helmet; spear and shield around R/ GER PM TR - P IMP P P Laurel-branch, S - C in field

RIC I 250; VF, brown patina a little rough.

From Philip R. Judd, Melbourne (2011). Ex Marc Poncin Collection. Ex CNG (eAuction 135, lot 109). Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005, lot 264); purchased private treaty from W. S. Lincoln, London, April, 1905.