Details
LOT 3542
Nero AR Denarius. Circa AD 64-65. Rome mint.
[NE]RO CAESAR AVGVS[TVS], laureate head to right / [IVPPITER] CVSTOS Jupiter seated to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC I 53; BMC 74; Cohen 119. Near Very Fine.(3.33gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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