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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #37
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                 Lot Number: 64182
                 Estimate: $1,000.00
                 Final Sale Price: $742.50
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                 Denomination: Sestertius
                 Grade: VF dark green patina
                 Reference: RIC II 93; BMCRE 119; Cohen 143




  Nerva. 96-98 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.99 gm). Struck 97 AD. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P
  COS III P P, laureate head right / VEHICVLATIONE ITALIAE REMISSA, S C in exergue, two
  mules grazing, one left and one right, cart with pole and harness behind. RIC II 93;
  BMCRE 119; Cohen 143. VF, dark green patina, light porosity. Rare. Estimate $1000.



  Following the assassination of the hated Domitian, Nerva attempted to correct his
  excesses and relieve some of the burdens imposed on the people of Italy. One of his
  acts was the assumption of the costs of the imperial post by the Roman government, a
  burden which had formerly fallen on the municipalities. Though this event is
  celebrated on this coin, no contemporary writers record this act of kindness.





Online auction 37 closed September 10, 2001.



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