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Auction 100  29-30 May 2017
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Lot 1786

Estimate: 5000 CHF
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The Roman Empire

Nero augustus, 54 – 68. Mirror casing in two parts, styled after a Lugdunum dupondius issue of circa 66, Æ 58.36 g. Laureate head l., with globe at point of bust. Rev. Securitas seated l., resting head against throne and holding short sceptre. On such mirrors, see Paul–André Besombes, "Les miroirs de Néron," RN 153 (1998), pp. 119-40. For prototype: RIC 597.
Rare. Green patina and good very fine

On such mirrors, see also: P.F. Mittag, “Die Münzsammlung des Römisch-Germanischen Museums Köln”, in Kölner Jahrbuch, vol. 30 (1997), pp. 181–223, esp. 190-196; K. Dahmen, “Ein Loblied auf den schönen Kaiser. Zur möglichen Deutung der mit Nero-Münzen verzierten römischen Dosenspiegel”, in Archäologischer Anzeiger DAI 1998, pp. 319-345; N. Schindel and B. Woytek, “Nero and the Making of the Roman Medallion”, in The Numismatic Chronicle, vol. 171 (2011), pp. 109-120: pp. 118-119.
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