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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.55 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 56-57. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP •, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX • TR • P [• III • P • P •], EX • S C within oak wreath. RIC I 12; WCN 39; Lyon 12/2a (D75/R77); RSC 207; BMCRE 14; BN 19. Areas of iridescent tone, light scratches, reverse struck slightly off center. Near EF. Exceptional portrait in high relief.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 121 (10 July 2001), lot 316.
The tribunician date on reverse is clearly legible on an example from the Gnecchi Collection (Lyon 12/2a) struck from the same dies.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 121 (10 July 2001), lot 316.
The tribunician date on reverse is clearly legible on an example from the Gnecchi Collection (Lyon 12/2a) struck from the same dies.