Gemini, LLC >Auction >Auction IV (08.01.2008)
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Gemini, LLC >Auction >Auction IV (08.01.2008)
Lot :400
Price :Unsold or unknown price
Description
Nero. (54-68 AD). Orichalcum sestertius (24.05 gm). Rome,
64-65 AD. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck / PORT OST below, S AVGVST C above, two curved moles enclosing seven ships in the harbor of Ostia, statue atop lighthouse above, Neptune reclining below, man sacrificing at altar before temple at end of left mole. BMCRE, p. 222, note * (Sydenham Collection). CBN 290 var. Cohen 33 (20 Fr.) var. MacDowall, Nero, 105. Rare legend variant, omitted from RIC, with S C above, flanking AVGVST, rather than below, flanking PORT OST. Obverse struck in high relief. Excellent glossy brown and green patina. Very fine/extremely fine. The number of ships shown in the harbor in this type varies, but the four most important ones, never omitted and showing four successive stages in a ship's use of the harbor, are the two left and right of the lighthouse, one entering the harbor under full sail and the other being rowed out of the harbor; the large ship in the center, whichhas recently arrived and cast anchor and whose sails are being taken in by three men on deck and in the rigging; and finally the ship alongside the quay at eight o'clock whose cargo is being unloaded by two men on deck and a third crossing the gangplank to shore. Our coin adds three more ships to this basic number, located at 3, 6, and 10 o'clock respectively; the one at 6 o'clock, just below the large central ship, is small and not well struck up.
Estimate: US$12500
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