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UBS Gold & Numismatics >Auction >Auction 78 (09.09.2008)
Lot:1490
Price :34000 CHF (~30118 USD)
Description
ANCIENT COINAGE
SPECIAL COLLECTION OF ROMAN IMPERATORS AND EMPERORS
ROMAN EMPIRE
Nero, Caesar 50-54 AD.
No.: 1490
Estimate: CHF 15000
Sestertius 64, Rome. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head to r. with aegis on l. shoulder. Rev. AVG VSTI / S POR OST C Bird’s eye view of the harbour of Ostia. At top, pharos (light tower) surmounted by statue of Neptune, holding sceptre in l. hand. At bottom reclining figure of river-god Tiber to l., holding rudder in r. hand and dolphin in l. hand. Seven ships in harbour surrounded by crescent of slips or breakwaters. 25,38 g. RIC 178. BMC 131. C. 37. Very rare. Brown patina. Splendid specimen of this highly desired coin. Good very fine.
Ex Tinchant Ostia was the port of Rome and mentioned as being Rome’s first colony in the 7th century BC. It was an important port in Republican times and also under Julius Caesar. During the reign of Claudius an artificial port, which can be seen on this coin, was built and inaugurated under the reign of Nero in 54 AD. It was further developed under Trajan. During the latter part of the empire, the harbour silted and the surrounding land was stricken by malaria epidemics, so that in 800 AD the last remaining inhabitants were relocated.
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