NERO GOLD AUREUS – JUPITER CUSTOS TYPE – 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.
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.