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287, Lot: 408. Estimate $100.
Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (28mm, 8.98 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Bare head right, small globe at point of bust; c/m: S P Q R within rectangular incuse / Victory flying left, holding inscribed shield. RIC I 477; WCN 574; for c/m: Pangerl 26-7. Countermark Fine, coin Fair, green patina, scuff at top of head, scratches behind.


This rare countermark was applied to coins of Nero in Gallia Lugdunensis, either by the administration of Vindex or that of Galba between March and June of AD 68.