| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Nero standing facing, radiate and togate, holding branch and Victory on globe. RIC I 47; RSC 45. Attractive toning. Near EF. Fantastic portrait. Ex Prof. David R. Beatty Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 761; CNG Inventory 717644 (December 1999). The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120 foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol that was created by Zenodorus for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of AD 64. Hadrian moved Zenodorus' work, by this point altered so that it no longer represented Nero, closer to the Flavian Amphitheater. The sculpture's memory was retained in the popular name of that amphitheater - the Colosseum. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
