Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Near EF.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 692. Estimated: $ 30 000

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Sold For $ 45 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot resting on helmet, holding Victory in right hand and resting left hand on parazonium at side; round and oblong shield and greave to right. RIC I 54; WCN 27; Calicó 439 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 82 (same dies); BN 222-3; Biaggi 238 (this coin); Morgan 65 (this coin). Attractive red toning, characteristic of aurei from Boscoreale, traces of deposits, small edge split. Near EF.

Ex collection of an attorney (Künker 341, 1 October 2020), lot 5797; Collection of a European Scholar (LHS 97, 10 May 2006), lot 7; Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 727; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 252; Leo Biaggi De Blasys Collection, 238; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (as consigned by Wayte Raymond, H. Schulman, 26 April 1951), lot 3048, previously purchased en bloc by Wayte Raymond from the Morgan Library; Prof. Carlo Stiavelli Collection (Santamaria, 6 April 1908), lot 400; Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Three – Lot 648–983 will be held Wednesday morning, 10 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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