Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial
Lot 4557 Session 17 (11:30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial
Estimate $350
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SOLD $200
NERO, (A.D. 54-68), AE sestertius, issued c.64, Rome mint, (25.40 g), obv. laureate head to right of Nero, around NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG G ER P M TR P IMP PP, rev. Arch with quadriga above, Mars standing in left niche, S C across field, (S.1962, RIC 143, BMC 183). Attractive light brown patina with surface roughness, very fine and struck on a large flan.
Ex Dr V.J.A.Flynn Collection and previously Status International Sale 310 (lot 8101). With ticket.
The Arch has been identified as that decreed by the Senate in A.D. 58 (Tacitus Annals xiii, 41) to commemorate the eastern victories of Cn. Domitius Corbulo. It was located on the Capitoline Hill but its exact site is uncertain, the structure probably having been demolished following Nero's downfall a few years later.
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Estimate $350
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