Lot 4059
Sale 89 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The W.G. & L.M. Wright Collection
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Description
Nero, (A.D. 54-68), silver denarius, issued c.67-68, Rome mint, (3.216 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Nero, around IMP [NERO CAESA]R AVG P P, rev. Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, IVPPITER CVSTOS around, (cf.S.1943, RIC 47, BMC 80, RSC 123). Fine and scarce.
The issue is in all probability a reference to Nero's deliverance from the conspiracy of C. Calpurnius Piso in A.D. 65.
- Estimate
- $200
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $170