1115. NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.20 gm). Struck 66 AD. Lugdunum mint.
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR P P P, Laureate head left, globe at point
of bust / Ceres seated left, holding grain ears in right hand and torch in
left, facing Annona who stands right holding cornucopiae; between them is a
modius set on an altar and a ship’s stern. RIC I 493 var. (head right);
BMCRE -; WCN -; Cohen -. Good VF, greenish brown patina, surfaces rough,
minor smoothing in fields. Unrecorded variant. ($750)


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 1115.
 
 Lot sold for $600.


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