ROMAN EMPIRE Nero (54-68). Aureus, restoration of the Temple of Vesta after the great fire ND (64-68), Rome. Obv. NERO CAESAR - AVGVSTVS. Laureate head to the right, with a slight beard under the chin. Rev. VESTA. Round hexastyle temple on a three-step base, with Vesta seated facing forward in the centre. Calicó 448a - RIC.61; Gold - 7.31 g - 18 mm - 5 h. NGC Ch AU* 5/5 4/5. On a slightly oblong planchet, the strike being slightly off-centre on the reverse. Close to its original condition, with the original lustre slightly burnished and with a golden toning. Superb to Uncirculated.