Lot 541
Nero (AD 54-68), Æ Sestertius, 24.60g, 6h. Nero (AD 54-68), Æ Sestertius, 24.60g, 6h. Mint of Lugdunum, struck c. AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, head facing right, laureate, a globe at point of bust. Rev. PORT AVG, birds-eye view of the harbour of Ostia, containing eight ships; at the top, pharos surmounted by statue of Neptune holding a sceptre; reclining figure of Tiber below, holding a rudder and a dolphin, a crescent-shaped pier on left, a crescent-shaped row of breakwaters on right, S-C left and right above (RIC 440; BMC 323; WCN 420). Some very light surface erosion and porosity, attractive natural dark green-brown patina, excellent portrait and a very clear and well-detailed reverse composition, good very fine. Rare.
Estimated Value $6,500-UP.
Ex F. Knobloch Collection, Stacks, 1-3 May 1980, lot 208.
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