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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 225 | Auction date: 30 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 446 | |
| Lot description: Nero. Sestertius; Nero; 54-68 AD, Rome, 64-5 AD, Sestertius, 23.28g. Cf. Paris-290. Obv: N[E]RO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [GER P M TR P IMP [P] P Bust laureate r., aegis on front shoulder. Rx: POR OST below, [S AVGVST C] above, two curved moles enclosing six ships in the harbor of Ostia, statue atop lighthouse above, Neptune reclining on dolphin and holding rudder below. Acquired from Colosseum Coin Exchange in June 1985. The number of ships shown in the harbor in this type varies, but the four most important ones, never omitted and showing four successive stages in a ship\'s use of the harbor, are the two left and right of the lighthouse, one entering the harbor under full sail and the other being rowed out of the harbor; the large ship in the center, which has recently arrived and cast anchor and whose sails are being taken in by three men on deck and in the rigging; and finally the ship alongside the quay at eight-nine o\'clock whose cargo is being unloaded by several men on deck and usually by another crossing the gangplank to shore.Many examples of the Port of Ostia were struck, with a large variety of boats within the harbor. This type is eagerly sought after by collectors. The obverse is rather porous; the reverse untouched by that problem. VF Estimate: 6500 USD |  |
