Pedigreed Port of Ostia Sestertius

CNG 105, Lot: 827. Estimate $5000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.09 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 / AVG[VSTI] above, POR OST below, Port of Ostia: seven ships within the harbor; at the top is a pharus surmounted by a statue of Neptune; below is a reclining figure of Tiber, holding a rudder and dolphin; to left, crescent-shaped pier with portico, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right, crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slips, terminating with a figure seated on rock; S C at sides. RIC I 178; WCN 120; Sydenham 7. Good VF, green patina, area of coloring on obverse on neck. Well detailed harbor.

From the Collection of a Director. Ex Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 16 November 1950), lot 1069.