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Nero (AD 54-68). Orichalcum sestertius (38mm, 29.90 gm, 7h). Rome, AD 63. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head of Nero left / ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, Annona standing right, resting right hand upon hip and holding cornucopia in left; to right, Ceres seated left, holding grain ears in extended right hand and torch in left; between, modius set upon garlanded altar; in background, prow of grain ship right. RIC 99. WCN 77. Cohen 25. Well centered on a broad flan, with a smooth dark green patina. Rare. Good Very Fine. Ex "Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong" (CNG E-auction 271, 11 January 2012, lot 64); Numismatica Ars Classica I (19 May 1999), lot 1744.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Nero (AD 54-68). Orichalcum sestertius (38mm, 29.90 gm, 7h). Rome, AD 63. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head of Nero left / ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, Annona standing right, resting right hand upon hip and holding cornucopia in left; to right, Ceres seated left, holding grain ears in extended right hand and torch in left; between, modius set upon garlanded altar; in background, prow of grain ship right. RIC 99. WCN 77. Cohen 25. Well centered on a broad flan, with a smooth dark green patina. Rare. Good Very Fine. Ex "Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong" (CNG E-auction 271, 11 January 2012, lot 64); Numismatica Ars Classica I (19 May 1999), lot 1744.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD