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Electronic Auction 525  19-20 Oct 2022
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Lot 642

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 90 USD
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IONIA, Smyrna. Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. Æ (18mm, 4.64 g, 11h). Philistos and Eikadios, magistrates. Struck circa AD 50-54. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Victory advancing right, carrying trophy over shoulder. Klose Type XXXI (Britannicus); RPC I 2476 (Nero as Caesar, under Claudius); SNG Copenhagen 1351 (Britannicus); SNG von Aulock 2203-4 (Britannicus). Black patina with earthen deposits. VF.

From the Conti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 418 (11 April 2018), lot 394.

Traditionally attributed to Britannicus, RPC reassigns the obverse portrait to that of Nero as caesar.
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