Æ16 - Nero EX CON C C I B

Buthrotum — modern Butrint in Albania — was a Roman colony whose coinage under Nero was authorized by the local council, hence the colonial council formula appearing on these issues. The town's colonial status dated to Julius Caesar, though actual settlement was delayed and completed under Augustus. Provincial bronze of this scale circulated almost exclusively within the colony itself, rarely traveling far enough to accumulate the heavy wear seen on equivalent metropolitan issues.