Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 4677 Session 15 (7.30pm Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $240
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SOLD $230
SYRIA, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Nero (A.D. 54-68), silver tetradrachm, (14.020 grams), obv. laureate head to left of Nero, **NERWN* KAICAPO**S SEBASTOU*, rev. Z/OP (year 109 of Caesarian Era = A.D. 60-1), eagle standing to left, on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch in front (cf.S.618, Prieur 81, RPC 4181). Dark tone, nearly very fine.
Antioch at this time was striking in good silver with a high standard of portraiture. This example provides a good portrait of Nero.
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