Roman Imperial Coins
Lot 5292 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Roman Imperial Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $190
NERO, (A.D. 54-68), silver denarius, issued c.65-66, Rome mint, (2.79 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Nero, around NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, rev. Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, IVPPITER CVSTOS around, (cf.S.1943, RIC 45, BMC 74, RSC 119). Flan crack, good fine and scarce.
The issue is in all probability a reference to Nero's deliverance from the conspiracy of C. Calpurnius Piso in A.D. 65.
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