Port of Ostia

CNG 108, Lot: 579. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 24.60 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; BMCRE 132; BN 299-302. VF, red-brown patina, roughness on obverse, traces of deposits. Detailed reverse composition.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 1773.