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Electronic Auction 372  6 April 2016
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Lot 633

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 240 USD
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ROMAN IMPERIAL. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ 'Sestertius' (35mm, 24.85 g, 7h). 'Paduan' medal. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P P P, laureate head right, wearing aegis / Port of Ostia: seven ships within the harbor; at the top is a pharus surmounted by a statue of Neptune; below is a reclining figure of Tiber, holding a rudder and dolphin; to left, crescent-shaped pier with portico, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right, crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slips, terminating with a figure seated on rock; AVGVSTI above, SPQR OST C below. Johnson & Martini 1389-1405. VF, green patina.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
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