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LOT 2843
Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P, laureate head to left, small globe at point of bust / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S-C across fields. RIC I 525; BMCRE 356 var. (bust type). Near Very Fine. Scarce.(12.70gr, 30mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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