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Keystone Auction 6 – Session Three – The Ken Bressett Collection, Part II – Roman Coinage

Lot nuber 3145

Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.21 g, 6h).


Keystone Auction 6 – Session Three – The Ken Bressett Collection, Part II – Roman Coinage
Lot: 3145.
 Estimated: $ 1 000

Roman Imperial, Silver

Sold For $ 1 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left on ornamented throne, holding patera in right hand and resting left at side. RIC I 60; RSC 314; BMCRE 90-3; BN 228. Near EF, lightly toned, minor porosity, trace deposits, small edge flaw. Superb portrait.

From the Ken Bressett Collection. Purchased from David Vagi in 2005 for @ $450.

The symbolism of this reverse type is twofold: to commemorate the building of a temple to Salus, and to call for the continued protection of Nero following the disastrous Pisonian Conspiracy. Events of the years AD 64-65 defined the subsequent reputation of Nero as a cruel and self-indulgent ruler. In AD 64, a large section of central Rome burned; Nero's reputed singing of the destruction of Troy during the fire led to the later association of him "fiddling" as the city burned. Within the charred remains of the city's center, Nero constructed the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, so named because of the gilded tiles on its exterior. Nero's "excesses" resulted in a conspiracy to overthrow and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.

The final winners of all Keystone 6 lots will be determined at the online sale that will be held on 11 March 2022. Session Three, presenting part 1 of the Ken Bressett Collection, featuring Roman coinage, will be held Friday evening, 11 March 2022 beginning at 7:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.