Nerva. AD 96-98. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II DESIGN III P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands; legionary aquila set on prow of galley behind. RIC II 70; Banti 6 (this coin); BMCRE p. 17, §; Mazzini 27 = L. G. P. Messenger, “Some Further Unpublished Roman Bronze Coins in my Collection” in NC 1933, 8 (this coin). Red-brown patina, some roughness, minor smoothing in fields. VF. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives, one known to Banti.
Ex Roma E-Sale 85 (17 June 2021), lot 1678; Áureo & Calicó 311 (31 May 2018), lot 42; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 173; Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1402; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Leopold G. P. Messenger Collection; Ratto 4 (11 March 1933), lot 226; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Ars Classica VIII, 25 June 1924), lot 799; Gustave Burel Collection (Feuardent, 11 June 1913), lot 517.
The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.
Triton XXVI – Session Three – Lots 674-990 will be held Wednesday morning, 11 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
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