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Details
LOT 2905
Nerva AE Sestertius. AD 97. Rome mint.
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M [TR P COS III P P], laureate head to right / [FORTVNA] AVGVST, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC II 83; BMCRE 108; BN 98. Near Very Fine.(19.01gr, 33mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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