Watch List notes:

Nerva, 96-98. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34mm, 27.65 g 6), Rome, 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II DESIGN III P P Laureate head of Nerva to right. Rev. CONGIAR P R On the left, Nerva seated right on platform; before him, officer seated right distributing dole to a citizen; in background, statues of Minerva and Liberalitas. Banti 11 (this coin). BMC 97. Cohen 38 var. RIC 71. A very rare issue in unusually fine condition. Deep greenish-purple patina. Somewhat smoothed, but with a fine portrait and a most interesting reverse, good very fine.


From the GH Collection, ex Leu 65, 21 May 1996, 356 (sold for 3,600 CHF) and Peus 283, 14 May 1974, 205.