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Nero (AD 54-68). AV aureus (18mm, 7.31 gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, ca. AD 64-65. NERO-CAESAR, laureate, bearded head of Nero right / AVGVSTVS-GERMANICVS, Colossus of Nero as Sol, radiate and togate, standing facing, head slightly right, left knee bent, branch upward in right hand, Victory on globe in left. RIC I 46. Calicó 402a. A wonderful example of the type with well-fed late portrait of Nero and nicely detailed reverse.
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: 6000-8000 USD
Nero (AD 54-68). AV aureus (18mm, 7.31 gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, ca. AD 64-65. NERO-CAESAR, laureate, bearded head of Nero right / AVGVSTVS-GERMANICVS, Colossus of Nero as Sol, radiate and togate, standing facing, head slightly right, left knee bent, branch upward in right hand, Victory on globe in left. RIC I 46. Calicó 402a. A wonderful example of the type with well-fed late portrait of Nero and nicely detailed reverse.
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: 6000-8000 USD