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LOT 3335
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 97. Rome mint.
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, holding corn ears in right hand. RIC - (cf. 33 for Aureus); Cohen 60; BMC p. 9 note; CBN 44. Very Fine.(3.14gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
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