NERO GOLD AUREUS – JUPITER CUSTOS TYPE EX BERK 1990 AUCTION – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (INV. 20035)

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20035. ROMAN EMPIRE. NERO, AD 54-68.
Gold Aureus, 7.23 g, 20 mm. Issue of Rome, ca. AD 64-65.
Obv. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right. Rev. IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter enthroned left, holding thunderbolt and scepter.
RIC I rev, 52; Calicó 412.
Ex Harlan J. Berk 62, 6/13/1990, lot 9.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5. A popular and historical type, Jupiter Custos (the Guardian) prominently appears on Nero’s coinage at this time and refers to the failure of the Pisonian conspiracy that included a group of high-ranking individuals. Among these were the philosopher Seneca the Younger and the literary figures Lucan and Petronius.