LOT 2337
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Nero - Victory AE As 54-68 A.D.
Obv: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, laureate head right. Rev: Victory flying left, holding shield inscribed SPQR, large S-C at sides. Good fine.(11.82 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureRIC I 312; BMCRE 241; WCN 285, 290; S. 1976.
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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 - Faustina Senior - Ceres AR Denarius d.140 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wife of Antoninus Pius. Rome mint, posthumous after 141 AD. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped and veiled bust right. Rev: AVGVSTA, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple, resting left hand on shield. 3.17 grams.
Very fine and better.
Property of an Essex collector. Accompanied by a handwritten coin ticket. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Mixed Bronze Coin Group [37] 1st-4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Group comprising: mixed issues, denominations and types all identified and in coin holders. 213 grams total.
Fair to very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
