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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 98Auction date: 12 December 2016
Lot number: 1077

Lot description:



The Roman Empire
Nero augustus, 54 – 68

L. Servenius Capito. Bronze, Acmoneia Phrygiae 55, Æ 4.95 g. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡ ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ / ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ − ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ Draped bust r. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΛΕΥΚΙΟΥ ΣΕΡ − ΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ / ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ ??Zeus seated on throne l., holding patera and sceptre; in l. field crescent and owl. BMC 37. SNG Copenhagen 26. RPC 3170.
In unusually fine condition for the issue, green patina and extremely fine

Ex Helios sale 5, 2010, Vogel, 890.
This is still the portrait of a child, virtually indistinguishable from his step-brother Britannicus, natural born son of the just poisoned emperor Claudius. AMP.



Estimate: 500 CHF