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Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D.
Exceptionally fine style. Some of the best Roman engravers worked at the Rome Mint from the late reign of Nero to the early reign of Vespasian and the coins produced at Rome are higher relief and more attractive than those from larger mint at Lugdunum. A "Tiber Patina," sometimes called a river patina, is technically not a patina at all. Rather, submersion in fresh water has prevented a patina from forming. Shiny original surfaces of the coin often become subdued and grainy.
SH25004. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC I 264, Cohen I 146, BMCRE I 156, Mac Dowall WCN 148, BnF I 365 var. (CLAVDIVS), SRCV I -, gVF, high relief portrait, nicely centered, a grainy Tiber patina, pitted on the reverse, Rome mint, weight 20.808g, maximum diameter 34.8mm, die axis 180o, c. 265 A.D.; obverse NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, aegis at base of neck; reverse PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT (The gates of Janus' temple are closed because peace (of the Roman people) is set on both land and sea), view of the Temple of Janus from the front left corner, temple front on the right with garland over closed doors within arch, the left side of the temple to the left with long latticed window, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; SOLD
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