Nero, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd issue, struck 65 AD.,
As (29-30 mm / 11,69 g), copper, axis coin alignment ?? (ca. 180°),
Obv.: NERO CLA[VD CAE]SAR AVG GERMANICVS , laureate head of Nero left, small globe at point of bust (RIC obv. type 42F).
Rev.: PONTIF MAX - TR POT IMP P P / S - C , Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, advacing right, holding lyre.
RIC I, 176, 417 (common) ; WCN 547 .
Sueton (Nero 21,25) mentions this type: "Statuas suas Citharoedico habitu posuit, qua nota etiam nummum percussit."
showing Nero's self-identification with Apollo