Nero. AE 25

Nero; 54-68 AD, Perinthus, Thrace, AE 25, 8.49g. RPC-I 1752, Schönert-252, for cmk: Howgego-526. Obv: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, Laureate head r; cmk: ΓAΛBA within rectangular incuse. Rx: ΠΕ-ΡΙΝ/ΘΙ-ΩΝ, Apollo standing r. playing lyre. This countermark occurs frequently on Nero's portraits from Perinthus, usually placed so as to obscure the facial features, perhaps as a sort of unofficial damnatio memoriae. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; Ex CNG 57, March 2001, lot 783.. VF