68-69 AD., Civil War, Supporters of Vespasian, countermarked and halved As of Nero from the Lugdunum mint, RIC 544 / 606 var.
Civil War, revolt against Nero, supporters of Vespasian, countermarked and halved As of Nero, probably from Lugdunum (emission 5, struck ca. 67 AD.), countermarked 68-69 AD.,
Semis(?) / halved As (ø 13-26 mm / 4,02 g), copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 210°),
Obv.: [IMP] NERO CA[ESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P (?)] , his bare-headed head facing left, small globe at point of neck (RIC obverse type 65 F) ; before neck, square countermark {VESPA} -monogram (ligate).
Rev.: S - [C] , Victory flying left, [wings open]; before, shield inscribed S[PQ]R.
for the original type: RIC I 544 / 606 (common) ; WCN 596 / 603 ; BMC 387 ; Coh. 303 ; for the countermark: Grünwald 129 ; Martini 52 ; cf. RIC p. 11 ; BMC p. XXXVII ; CBN p. 22 .