Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 55.

Triton XXIV
Lot: 1050. Estimated: $ 20 000

Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 26 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 55. NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS, jugate bareheaded busts right, of Nero, a fold of cloak on back of neck, and of Agrippina, draped / AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, EX S C in field above elephants, Divus Claudius, radiate, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand and Divus Augustus, radiate, holding patera in right, scepter in left, driving quadriga of elephants left. RIC I 6; WCN 3; Calicó 397; BMCRE 7; BN 10-12; Biaggi 218; Jameson 47; Mazzini 3. Toned, underlying luster. Near EF. Very rare. Two finely engraved portraits struck in high relief.

Ex Gasvoda Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 109, 12 September 2018), lot 638; Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 722; Numismatica Ars Classica 94 (6 October 2016), lot 114; Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 1116 (hammer CHF 55,000).


The final winners of all Triton XXIV lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 January 2021. This lot is in Session Three, which begins 20 January 2021 at 9 AM ET.

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