Nero, AE Semis, ca. 64 AD, Rome. 

NERO CAES AVG IMP, laureate head right.
CER QVINQ ROM CO, Table, seen from front and right, 
surmounted by urn on left and wreath on right, 
bas-relief of two sphinxes or gryphons confronted on
the front panel, round shield resting against table-leg.

SC in exergue.

RIC 228; BMC 265; MacDowell 326; cf Sear 1979.
Rare.

Courtesy of the New York Sale, auction XXV, sold for $400.