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THE NEW YORK SALE >Auction >Auction V (16.01.2003)
Lot :272
Price :9000 USD
Description
ANCIENT COINS ROMAN COINS IMPERIAL COINAGE NERO, 54-68 No.: 272
Estimate: $ 6000
d=37 mm Sestertius, Lyons, 65. AE 23.28 g.
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head l., small globe at point of bust. Rev. PORT AVG / S-C Schematic view of the Port of Ostia as seen from above: above, statue of Neptune as Pharos; below, reclining Tiber holding dolphin in his l. hand, rudder in his r. hand; crescent shaped pier at l., with portico and temple, breakwater or slips at r., the central harbour with seven ships, four with masts up and sails furled. RIC 177, 441. C. 252. BN II, 125, 74var. (head r.). D. W. Mac Dowall, The Western Coinages of Nero, ANS NNM 161 (1979), 189, 427. Rare variety. Dark brownish green patina with some incrustations. Good very fine See colour plate.





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