Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Nero Æ Dupondius. Rome, circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, radiate head right / Façade of the Macellum Magnum; MAC AVG above, II (mark of value) in exergue. RIC 184; BMCRE -; C. 130; WCN 203. 15.25g, 29mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; fields lightly smoothed. A beautiful example of this popular architectural type.
From a private UK collection;
Ex Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 427, 22 August 2018, lot 431 (cleaned since);
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 30, 11 June 1994, lot 306.
Built by Nero in AD 59, the Macellum Magnum on the Caelian Hill was a large market of shops arranged around an indoor courtyard that likely stood on the site now occupied by the church of S. Stefano Rotondo.
Near Extremely Fine; fields lightly smoothed. A beautiful example of this popular architectural type.
From a private UK collection;
Ex Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 427, 22 August 2018, lot 431 (cleaned since);
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 30, 11 June 1994, lot 306.
Built by Nero in AD 59, the Macellum Magnum on the Caelian Hill was a large market of shops arranged around an indoor courtyard that likely stood on the site now occupied by the church of S. Stefano Rotondo.