Rare Nero Caesar Cistophorus
Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.81 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. NERONI • CLAVD • CAES • DRVSO • GERM, bareheaded and draped bust left / COS DES/ P[RIN]C/ IV[VEN]T in three lines on round shield; all within laurel wreath. RIC I 121 (Claudius; same dies as illustration); RPC I 2225 (same dies as illustration); RSC 82; BMCRE 236 (same dies); BN 307 (Pergamum). Pleasing old toning. VF. Rare, and with an artistically engraved portrait of the young Nero.
