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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 210 | Auction date: 13 May 2009 |
| Lot number: 246 | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (25mm, 7.51 g, 7h). Balkan mint (Perinthus?). Struck circa AD 64-66. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head right, on globe; [S]-C flanking. MacDowall, “Two Roman Countermarks of AD 68”, NC 1960, p. 108, III; RIC I (old edition) 439; RIC I (new edition) -, but see discussion on pp. 186-7; RPC I 1762. Near VF, black patina, slightly off center. Very rare, with the majority of known specimens housed in museums. This reverse type is derived from the Divus Augustus Pater series. Other ases from this mint adopt the Neptune type struck in the name of Agrippa under Caligula (see previous lot). Estimate: $200 |  |
