Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2025 Global Showcase Auction 25-30 Aug 2025
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NERO, A.D. 54-68. AE Sestertius (22.21 gms), Rome Mint, ca. A.D. 64. FINE. Smoothing, Tooling.
RIC-178. Obverse: Laureate bust right, wearing aegis; Reverse: Port of Ostia: seven ships within the harbor; at the top is a pharus surmounted by a statue of Neptune; below is a reclining figure of Tiber, holding a rudder and dolphin; to left, crescent-shaped pier with portico, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right, crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slips, terminating with a figure seated on rock. Though exhibiting some smoothing and tooling to enhance its details, this Sestertius stands as a highly presentable example of this most desirable of types.
Estimate: $3000 - 5000
RIC-178. Obverse: Laureate bust right, wearing aegis; Reverse: Port of Ostia: seven ships within the harbor; at the top is a pharus surmounted by a statue of Neptune; below is a reclining figure of Tiber, holding a rudder and dolphin; to left, crescent-shaped pier with portico, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right, crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slips, terminating with a figure seated on rock. Though exhibiting some smoothing and tooling to enhance its details, this Sestertius stands as a highly presentable example of this most desirable of types.
Estimate: $3000 - 5000