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E-Sale 42  6 Jan 2018
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Lot 522

Estimate: 900 GBP
Price realized: 1100 GBP
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Nero Æ Dupondius. Rome, circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, radiate head right / Façade of the Macellum Magnum; MAC AVG above, II (mark of value) in exergue. RIC 184; WCN 203. 14.38g, 29mm, 6h.

Very Fine - Good Very Fine. A wonderful architectural reverse type, with an attractive green patina.

Built by Nero in AD 59, the Macellum Magnum on the Caelian Hill was a large market of shops arranged around an indoor courtyard that likely stood on the site now occupied by the church of S. Stefano Rotondo.
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