Details
LOT 3545
Nero AE Quadrans. AD 64. Rome mint.
NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER, crested helmet on column, round shield decorated with Gorgoneion to right, spear behind / P M TR P IMP P P, laurel branch; S C across fields. RIC I 255; BMCRE 294. Near Very Fine.(2.05gr, 16mm, 1h.).
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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