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Auction 101  24 Oct 2017
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Lot 127

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 16 000 CHF
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The Roman Empire

Nero caesar, 50 – 54. Aureus 50-54, AV 7.71 g. NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT Bare-headed and draped bust l. Rev. SACERD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S C Simpulum on l. and lituus on r., above respectively tripod and patera. C 311 (misdescribed). BMC Claudius 84. RIC Claudius 76. CBN Claudius 91. Calicó 441.
Rare and in superb condition for this difficult issue. Unusually well-centred on a
full flan and with a lovely reddish tone. Extremely fine

Ex Hirsch 20, 1907, Horskier, 537; Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 20 July 1914, L. G. Schlessinger Y. Guzman, 139; NFA fixed price list 35, 1988, 112 and NAC & Spink Taisei 16 November 1994, Gilbert Steinberg, 232 sales. Possibly from the Boscoreale hoard of 1895.


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