Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 692

Price realized: 45,000 USD   (Approx. 41,216 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot resting on helmet, holding Victory in right hand and resting left hand on parazonium at side; round and oblong shield and greave to right. RIC I 54; WCN 27; Calicó 439 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 82 (same dies); BN 222-3; Biaggi 238 (this coin); Morgan 65 (this coin). Attractive red toning, characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale, traces of deposits, small edge split. Near EF.

Ex collection of an attorney (Künker 341, 1 October 2020), lot 5797; Collection of a European Scholar (LHS 97, 10 May 2006), lot 7; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 727; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 252; Leo Biaggi De Blasys Collection, 238; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (as consigned by Wayte Raymond, H. Schulman, 26 April 1951), lot 3048, previously purchased en bloc by Wayte Raymond from the Morgan Library; Prof. Carlo Stiavelli Collection (Santamaria, 6 April 1908), lot 400; Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.


Estimate: 30000 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561Auction date: 1 May 2024
Lot number: 605

Price realized: 1,900 USD   (Approx. 1,777 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS in exergue, Salus seated left on throne, holding patera and resting arm at side. RIC I 59; Calicó 443. Numerous digs, scrapes, and scratches. Good Fine.

Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 490, 21 April 2021), lot 264; Coin Galleries (25 November 1969), lot 939.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 691

Price realized: 8,500 USD   (Approx. 7,785 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, with cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 52; WCN 25; Calicó 412; BMCRE 67-73; BN 213-9; Biaggi 225-6. Lustrous, edge marks, ex jewelry. EF.

From the Gilbert Steinberg Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 28 July 1981.


Estimate: 3000 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 6069

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66-67. IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left. RIC I 63; WCN 30; Calicó 413; BMCRE 77-9; BN 231-2; Adda 32; Biaggi 227-8; Mazzini 120 and 120*. Toned, hairlines. EF.

From the J.K. Biblical Collection.


Estimate: 3000 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 6055

Price realized: 1,200 USD   (Approx. 1,102 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Concordia seated left, feet on stool, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC I 48; Calicó 405a. Marks, areas of flat strike, some discoloration on reverse. Fine.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 578

Price realized: 2,750 USD   (Approx. 2,532 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-66. Laureate head right / Nero, radiate and togate, standing left, holding patera and scepter; to right, his wife, Poppaea Sabina, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC I 44 and 56; Calicó 401. Lightly toned. Good Fine.


Estimate: 1500 USD