Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1937 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $900
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SOLD $760
SYRIA, Seleucis & Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch), Nero (A.D. 54-68), silver tetradrachm, (14.16 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Nero, wearing aegis, **NERWN KAISAR SEBASTOS rev. **ETOUS BIR I (year 112 of Caesarian Era = A.D. 63-4), eagle standing to right, on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch in front (cf.S.618, BMC 198-200). As struck, exceptional full portrait of Nero, good extremely fine, and very rare thus.
Ex. Noble Numismatics sale 46 (lot 1943). $$ Antioch at this time was striking in good silver with a high standard of portraiture. This example provides a portrait of Nero as sharp and fine as possible to obtain.
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