Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
Lot number: 1372 Price realized: 360 GBP (Approx. 448 USD / 419 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Barbarous Nerva Æ Dupondius. After the Rome mint issues of AD 96 and 103-111. IMP NERVA CAE AVG P M [TR P] COS II P P (sic), radiate head to right / S P Q III VI OPPINCPI (sic), Spes advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; S-C (reversed) across fields. For possible obv. prototype, cf. RIC II 55ff; for possible rev. prototype, cf. RIC II 520 (Trajan). 12.59g, 26mm, 6h. Very Fine; some pitting. A hybrid barbarous imitation presumably copied from the obverse of a dupondius of Nerva and the reverse of a bronze of Trajan. Estimate: 50 GBP |