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Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.36 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-66. Laureate head right / Closed doors of the Temple of Janus. RIC I 50 and 58; Calicó 409; Elkins, Monuments Figure 76. Good VF. Wonderful violet-red toning, characteristic of aurei from the Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.
From the Thomas Palmer Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind, late 1980s to early 1990s.
On April 13, 1895, excavators working on a Roman villa near Pompeii unearthed a vaulted box containing more than 1,000 gold aurei. The coins were dispersed to local collectors before any records could be compiled, so today it is impossible to tell for certain whether any particular coin was from the Boscoreale Hoard. However, the presence of deep reddish toning on an aureus dating to before the eruption is regarded as highly suggestive that the coin was from this hoard.
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CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Three – Lot 588-888 will be held Tuesday morning, 19 May 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
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