LOT 2340
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - Roma AE Sestertius 66 A.D.
Lugdunum mint. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P legend with laureate bust right; globe at tip. Rev: Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet holding Victory and parazonium, shields on ground behind; ROMA in exergue. Extremely fine.(21.44 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureRIC 517; BMC 328; Sear 1961.
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LOT 2340
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - Roma AE Sestertius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero Claudius Drusus (Father of Claudius) - Piled Weapons and Armour AE Sestertius 42-54 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rome. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head left. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, Claudius, togate, seated left on a curule chair atop a globe and piled weapons and armour, holding olive branch and scroll; SC below. 23.42 grams.
Very fine.
From a private German collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, sale 71, lot 859. Accompanied by a Roma Numismatics coin ticket. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - AE Sestertius Circa 64 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rome mint. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right wearing aegis. Rev: S-C, Nero's triumphal arch, surmounted by quadriga, statue of Mars between columns. 25.43 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This arch has been identified as that decreed by the Senate in AD 58 to commemorate the eastern victories of Cn. Domitius Corbulo. It was located on the Capitoline Hill but the structure was probably demolished following Nero's downfall a decade later. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Lucilla - Pietas AE Sestertius 161-162 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £70
Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust left. Rev: PIETAS, Pietas, veiled, standing left by garlanded altar, holding box of incense and raising right hand. S-C across fields. 21.55 grams.
Good fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
