Nero Securitas dupondius

[Thilo]

...and then, sometimes, you have this moment when you simply have to step out of your collection routines (Roman provincials or Greek imperials - whatever you prefer) and get that special piece of art.

Nero, AE Dupondius, 28 mm, 15.00 g, Rome, struck abt. 64 AD.

Obv: Radiate head right, NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TRP IMP P P
Rv: Securitas seated right, holding scepter; altar to the right, against which leans a torch resting on a bucranium; SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, SC, II in ex. RIC I 190