449, Lot: 727. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT THEMES. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Cast “Sestertius” (33mm, 22.31 g, 7h). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Laureate bust right; aegis at point of bust / 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 in exergue. Johnson & Martini 1391-1402; Klawans 2. Brown surfaces, edge marks. VF. Late cast.