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Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Nerva. Denarius.
96-98 AD. Denarius, 3.68g (7h). Rome, 96 AD. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG - P M TR P COS II P P Head laureate right. Rx: CONCORDIA -EXERCITVVM Clasped hands before legionary eagle set on prow. BM 8. Paris 6. Cohen 25 (2 Fr.). RIC 3. Scarce: eight specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 126, 23 April 2002, lot 287. The eagle and the prow on the reverse of this coin face right, not left as usual. Paris 109-110 has the same variant on a dupondius reverse die in 97; all other coins with this reverse type illustrated in BMC, the Paris catalogue, and Berk photofile show eagle and prow facing left. Mint State.
96-98 AD. Denarius, 3.68g (7h). Rome, 96 AD. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG - P M TR P COS II P P Head laureate right. Rx: CONCORDIA -EXERCITVVM Clasped hands before legionary eagle set on prow. BM 8. Paris 6. Cohen 25 (2 Fr.). RIC 3. Scarce: eight specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 126, 23 April 2002, lot 287. The eagle and the prow on the reverse of this coin face right, not left as usual. Paris 109-110 has the same variant on a dupondius reverse die in 97; all other coins with this reverse type illustrated in BMC, the Paris catalogue, and Berk photofile show eagle and prow facing left. Mint State.