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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Nero, as Caesar (AD 51-54). AV aureus (19mm, 7.65 gm, 5h). Rome or Lugdunum, under Claudius, ca. AD 51-54. NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT, draped and bareheaded bust of Nero left / SACERD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S C, Pontifical emblems: Simpulum (ladle) above basin set on tripod to left, lituus above patera on right. RIC (Claudius) 76. BMCRE (Claudius) 84. Cohen 311 (error in obverse legend omits CAES). Calicó 441b. Very rare variety, with a later portrait depicting Nero as a near-adult! NGC (photo-certificate) XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, 15 February 1995), lot 1296.
Estimate: 5000-6500 USD
Nero, as Caesar (AD 51-54). AV aureus (19mm, 7.65 gm, 5h). Rome or Lugdunum, under Claudius, ca. AD 51-54. NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT, draped and bareheaded bust of Nero left / SACERD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S C, Pontifical emblems: Simpulum (ladle) above basin set on tripod to left, lituus above patera on right. RIC (Claudius) 76. BMCRE (Claudius) 84. Cohen 311 (error in obverse legend omits CAES). Calicó 441b. Very rare variety, with a later portrait depicting Nero as a near-adult! NGC (photo-certificate) XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, 15 February 1995), lot 1296.
Estimate: 5000-6500 USD