Lot description:
Ancients
Nerva (AD 96-98). AR denarius (17mm, 3.55 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head of Nerva right / FORTVNA-AVGVST, Fortuna standing facing, head left, grounded rudder in right hand, cornucopia cradled in left arm. RIC II 16. The iridescent, gradient toning flashes polychromatic light across the rippling flow lines and sharp devices.
Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), January 2023 NYINC Auction (13 January 2023) lot 20174; Ex HD Rauch, Auction 98 (21 September 2015), lot 383.
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