Ancient Gold Coins
Lot 4992 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Ancient Gold Coins
Estimate $15,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $13,000
NERO AND AGRIPPINA JUNIOR (AS JOINT RULERS), (A.D. 49-54), gold aureus, (7.57 grams), issued 55, Lugdunum mint, obv. NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS, cojoined bare headed and draped busts of Nero and Agrippina Junior to right, rev. AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, seated statues of Augustus and Claudius on car drawn to left by four elephants EX SC in field, (S.2042 [£3250 VF], BMC 7, RIC 6, C.3). Several minor surface scratches, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
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