Nero, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, emission 5, ca. 67 AD.,
Æ Dupondius (29 mm / 11,80 g), brass (yellow metal alloy, "orichalcum"), axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 210°),
Obv.: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P , laureate head of Nero left, globe at point of neck (RIC obverse type 65 G), unusual head and portrait.
Rev.: [S]ECVRITAS - AVGVSTI / S C , Securitas seated right, resting arm against back of throne, holding sceptre; before, lighted and garlanded altar, [against which torch leans].
RIC 181, 597 (common) ; BN 140, 195 ; BMC 347 ; WCN 533 ; Coh. 325 ; Giard, Lyon 119, 211 .
"Lloyd" on 05/09/2013: "Heavily corroded authentic in my opinion. Perhaps what some may call a corroded Tiber patina, the result of extended immersion and corrosion in near anoxic fresh water."