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Auction 16  10 May 2018
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Lot 176

Estimate: 1500 CHF
Price realized: 3600 CHF
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Nerva, 96-98. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 24.25 g, 6 h), Rome, after 18 September 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P Laureate head of Nerva to right, with slight drapery over far shoulder. Rev. LIBERTAS PVBLICA / S C Libertas standing left, holding pileus in her right hand and scepter in her left. Banti 34. BMC 135 (but with the note citing the drapery on the Paris example). BN 120 (but drapery not noted). Cohen 118. RIC 100. With a lovely dark green patina and an outstanding portrait of Nerva. Some traces of smoothing from cleaning in the fields, otherwise, extremely fine.
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