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Nero (AD 54-68). AV aureus (17mm, 6.93 gm, 6h). NGC VG 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, ca. AD 64-68. NERO-CAESAR, laureate head of Nero right / AVGVSTVS-GERMANICVS, Colossus of Nero as Sol, radiate and togate, standing facing, left knee bent, branch upward in right hand, Victory on globe in left. RIC I, 46. Calicó 402.
The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120-foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol, created by Zenodorus, for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea (Golden House) - the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of AD 64.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1250 USD
Nero (AD 54-68). AV aureus (17mm, 6.93 gm, 6h). NGC VG 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, ca. AD 64-68. NERO-CAESAR, laureate head of Nero right / AVGVSTVS-GERMANICVS, Colossus of Nero as Sol, radiate and togate, standing facing, left knee bent, branch upward in right hand, Victory on globe in left. RIC I, 46. Calicó 402.
The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120-foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol, created by Zenodorus, for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea (Golden House) - the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of AD 64.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1250 USD