Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 2155 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,500
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SOLD $1,800
NERO, (A.D. 54-68), AE Sestertius, Lugdunum mint, issued A.D. 65, (26.73 grams), obv. laureate head of Nero to right, around NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, rev. around PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S C across field, temple of Janus with closed doors to right of temple, (S.1958, RIC 438, WCN 419, BMC 319). Attractive brown patina, good very fine and very rare in this condition.
An important commemorative issue resulting from the successful achievements of the great general Cn. Domitius Corbulo, and the resulting settlement with Parthia over the vexed Armenian question. This occasioned the formal closing of the doors of the temple of Janus in Rome, signifying peace throughout the empire (A.D. 65). The following year Tiridates of Armenia visited Rome and received his royal diadem from the hands of Nero himself.
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Estimate $1,500
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