Nero, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 1st emission, 64 AD.,
Æ As (29-30 mm / 10,25 g), hard surface encrustations,
Obv.: NERO CLAV[D CAESAR] AVG GERMA[NIC]V , bare head of Nero facing right, small globe at point of neck (RIC obv. type 41 A).
Rev.: PONTIF MAX - TR POT IMP P P / S - C / I , Apollo walking right, holding lyre, value mark below horizontal line in exergue: I .
RIC I, 174, 384 (scarce) ; WCN 541 ; acsearch.info - ; wildwinds.com - ; coinarchives.com - .
Sueton (Nero 21,25) mentions this type: "Statuas suas Citharoedico habitu posuit, qua nota etiam nummum percussit."
showing Nero's self-identification with Apollo