Ancients
Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68). AV aureus (19mm, 7.58 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, December AD 61-December AD 62. NERO•CAESAR•AVG•IMP, bare head of Nero right / PONTIF•MAX-TR P VIII COS IIII P P, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, standing right, left foot on helmet near pile of arms, inscribing round shield set on knee; EX-S C across fields. RIC I 33. Calicó 433 (Rome and Lugdunum). Well struck, handsome portrait. Areas of light orange toning.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex collection of Professor David R. Beatty, C.M., O.B.E. (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 1048; Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 719; Auctiones AG 25 (19 June 1995), lot 798
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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD