Nerva. 40-as

Nerva; 96-98 AD, Rome, 96 AD, As, 11.23g. Paris-85, BMC-p. 17 (citing a Paris spec. as described by Cohen-108). Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P [P] Head laureate r. Rx: LIBERTAS - [P]VBLICA on l. and r., S - C across field, Libertas standing l., head front (probably tooled), holding cap and scepter. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Libertas' head on the reverse may have been skillfully retooled from the expected "looking left" to "facing".Interesting 16th-century tooling, creating beautiful head of Libertas. VF