Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2013 NYINC Sale - Ebert Part II & Sess. C 12 January 2013
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NERO, A.D. 54-68. Sestertius (24.05 gms), Rome Mint, ca. A.D. 64.
RIC-137. Laureate bust of Nero right wearing aegis; Reverse: Ceres veiled and draped on right seated left feet resting on stool holding grain ears and torch, facing Annona standing right draped resting hand on hip and holding cornucopiae, between them, modius on garlanded altar, behind them, stern of a grain ship. Struck on a large round planchet with full legends on both sides. Dark brown patina with lighter patches, some surface smoothing.VERY FINE.
Estimate: $300
NERO, A.D. 54-68. Sestertius (24.05 gms), Rome Mint, ca. A.D. 64.
RIC-137. Laureate bust of Nero right wearing aegis; Reverse: Ceres veiled and draped on right seated left feet resting on stool holding grain ears and torch, facing Annona standing right draped resting hand on hip and holding cornucopiae, between them, modius on garlanded altar, behind them, stern of a grain ship. Struck on a large round planchet with full legends on both sides. Dark brown patina with lighter patches, some surface smoothing.VERY FINE.
Estimate: $300