Triton XVI, Lot: 1045. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.64 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • GER • P • M • TR • P • IMP • P • P •, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S C across field, triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs. RIC I 143; WCN 126; BMCRE 183; BN 303. Good VF, green patina, minor roughness. Great architecture.
Ex UBS 83 (8 September 2009), lot 179; C. Crippa 1971.