538
Nero (AD 54-68), Gold Aureus, 7.27g. Mint of Rome, c.AD 65/6.
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
, laureate
head facing right. Rev.
SALVS
in exergue, Salus seated left, holding patera (RIC 59; BMC 87; WCN 28;
Calicó 443). In NGC holder graded extremely fine, strike 5/5, surface 3/5, antique light reddish tone, light
marks.
$ 4,000
539 540
539
Nero (AD 54-68), Æ Sestertius, 28.36g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck c. AD 64.
NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG
GER P M TR P IMP P P
, bust facing right, laureate, wearing and aegis. Rev.
ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES / S C
,
Ceres seated left, holding corn-ears and a torch, her feet on a stool, facing Annona, standing right, holding a
cornucopiae, a modius on a garlanded altar between them, a ship’s stern behind (RIC 139; BMC 130). Very good
portrait and well-defined reverse, light smoothing in fields, dark patina, about extremely fine.
$ 4,500
540
Nero (AD 54-68), Æ Sestertius, 25.99g, 7h. Mint of Lugdunum, struck c. AD 65.
NERO CLAVD CAESAR
AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
, head facing right, laureate, a globe at point of bust. Rev. S-C, three-quarter view
of a triumphal arch, decorated with battle scenes, its entrance garlanded, a statue of Mars stands in a side
niche, the roof surmounted by a facing quadriga, driven by Nero, flanked by Victory and Pax, warriors at
edges of platform (RIC 432; WCN 422; BMC 329; C 307). Light porosity, very fine, with a very interesting
architectural reverse type.
$ 1,200
The Harbour of Ostia
541
Nero (AD 54-68), Æ Sestertius, 24.60g, 6h. Mint of Lugdunum, struck c. AD 65.
NERO CLAVD CAESAR
AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
, head facing right, laureate, a globe at point of bust. Rev.
PORT AVG
, birds-eye
view of the harbour of Ostia, containing eight ships; at the top, pharos surmounted by statue of Neptune
holding a sceptre; reclining figure of Tiber below, holding a rudder and a dolphin, a crescent-shaped pier on
left, a crescent-shaped row of breakwaters on right, S-C left and right above (RIC 440; BMC 323; WCN 420).
Some very light surface erosion and porosity, attractive natural dark green-brown patina, excellent portrait
and a very clear and well-detailed reverse composition, good very fine.
Rare
.
$ 6,500
ex F. Knobloch Collection, Stacks, 1-3 May 1980, lot 208
