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E-Sale 43  3 Feb 2018
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Lot 599

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Nero Æ As. circa AD 64-66. Uncertain (Balkan?) mint. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M, laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head right, on globe, wings spread; S-C across fields. Cf. MacDowall, "Two Roman Counter-marks of AD 68", NC 1960, p. 108, III; RIC I (old edition) 439; RIC I (new edition) –, but see discussion on pp. 186-7; RPC I 1762 var. (obv. legend). 8.96g, 26mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very rare, with the majority of known specimens belonging to museums.

Ex iNumis Mail Bid Sale 33, 7 June 2016, lot 53;
From the collection of V.B., United Kingdom.

This reverse type is derived from the Divus Augustus Pater series. Other asses from this mint adopt the Neptune type of Agrippa struck under Caligula.
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