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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Nero, Orichalcum Dupondius, Rome, 64, radiate bust right, nero clavdivs caesar avg ger p m tr p imp p p, rev. mac avg, pillared and domed façade of the Macellum Magnum, ii in exergue, 14.40g (RIC 184; WCN 203; Sear 1963). Some corrosion spots, otherwise about very fine, scarce £300-400
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Provenance: Seaby List M228, July 1934 (17373).
The Macellum Magnum (officially named the Macellum Augusti), a new public market completed c. 59, was situated on the Caelian Hill in the south-east of the city, close to the nearby farms and market gardens
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Nero, Orichalcum Dupondius, Rome, 64, radiate bust right, nero clavdivs caesar avg ger p m tr p imp p p, rev. mac avg, pillared and domed façade of the Macellum Magnum, ii in exergue, 14.40g (RIC 184; WCN 203; Sear 1963). Some corrosion spots, otherwise about very fine, scarce £300-400
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Provenance: Seaby List M228, July 1934 (17373).
The Macellum Magnum (officially named the Macellum Augusti), a new public market completed c. 59, was situated on the Caelian Hill in the south-east of the city, close to the nearby farms and market gardens