Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2017 ANA Auction - Sess. A-C 2-4 Aug 2017
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NERO, A.D. 54-68. AE Sestertius (32.38 gms), Rome Mint, ca. A.D. 64.
RIC-142. "NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P" Laureate bust of Nero right wearing aegis; Reverse: "ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES" Ceres veiled and draped on right seated left feet resting on stool holding grain ears and torch, facing Annona standing right draped resting hand on hip and holding cornucopiae, between them, modius on garlanded altar, behind them, stern of a grain ship, "S C" in exergue. Great strike with fine style dies. A thoroughly appealing example. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5. Fine Style.
Estimate: $900.00- $1200.00
RIC-142. "NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P" Laureate bust of Nero right wearing aegis; Reverse: "ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES" Ceres veiled and draped on right seated left feet resting on stool holding grain ears and torch, facing Annona standing right draped resting hand on hip and holding cornucopiae, between them, modius on garlanded altar, behind them, stern of a grain ship, "S C" in exergue. Great strike with fine style dies. A thoroughly appealing example. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5. Fine Style.
Estimate: $900.00- $1200.00