Roman Silver and Bronze Coins
Lot 3418 SESSION 11 (9.30am Thursday 2nd April) Roman Silver and Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $300
NERO, (A.D. 54-68), silver denarius, issued c.67-68, Rome mint, (3.23 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Nero, around IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P P, rev. Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, IVPPITER CVSTOS around, (S.1943, RIC 47, BMC 80, RSC 123). 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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