Roman Empire. Nero (AD 54-68). Dupondius Rome, ca. 65 ap. J.-C. - SECVRITAS AVGVSTI

Dupondius of Nero reversed Securitas / Lugdunum
Workshop: Lugdunum (Lyon); date: c. 65 AD; ref.: RIC I² 407; BMCRE 339; Cohen 329
A/ NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P / Laureate head of Nero to the left; small globe at the tip of the neck.
R/ SECVRITAS AVGVSTI / S C / II / Securitas, nude up to the waist, seated to the right on a throne, head resting on the right hand and holding a short sceptre with the left hand; in front of her, an lit and garlanded altar, against which leans a torch resting on a bucrane; II at exergue.
Diameter: 29 mm
Weight: 13.67 g, orichalcum.
Axis: 6h
Photos taken in natural and artificial light.
Provenance: piece from my private collection of ancient coins.