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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8262886, member: 85693&quot;]And if you get really lucky you can find a Nero sestertius for $9.99.&nbsp; This one came my way on eBay last year, and I am not entirely sure it is genuine - when I first posted it on CT, some questioned it, suspicions I tend to agree with (at 31 mm it is a bit small in diameter, apparently).&nbsp; And yet it is not an <i>obvious</i> pressed fake like so many of them.&nbsp; Paduan?&nbsp; No black box for it yet, but it is under suspicion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> : </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457566[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Nero&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 62-68 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [GER(M) P M TR P IMP PP], laureate head right with aegis / DECVRS[IO] below, SC, Nero riding right escorted by a soldier riding right, holding vexillum.</p><p>RIC 170 or RIC 172 (see notes).</p><p>(21.51 grams / 31 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $9.95 BIN</p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b>Many varieties of this type:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv.:</b>&nbsp; Laureate bust right with aegis, no globe at tip (thus not Lugdunum mint), CLAVDIVS in full. </p><p>Obverse legend variations (not visible on this specimen):</p><p>RIC 170:&nbsp; GER (no M), </p><p>RIC 172:&nbsp; GERM</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s some edge views:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457567[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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