Description: Lydia, Thyateira, Nero as Caesar (50 - 54 AD). NEPΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC KAICAP ΓEP; draped bust of youthful Nero right / ΘYAT-EIPH-NΩ-N; double-bladed axe.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 2,66 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: RPC 2381

Commentary: dark olive patina with some breaks and brown deposits on reverse, good portrait of young Nero

History: In 50 AD the emperor Claudius adopted Nero, the son of his fourth wife, Agrippina, thus making Nero the heir to the throne, because he was 3 years older than his son Brittanicus.

Article Number: 020-07-08-41652