CORINTHIA, Corinth. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (20mm, 8.18 g, 5h). Marcus Acillius Candidus and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, duoviri. Struck AD 54-55. Fine.

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Lot: 276. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (20mm, 8.18 g, 5h). Marcus Acillius Candidus and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, duoviri. Struck AD 54-55. Laureate head left / Poseidon in biga drawn by hippocamps left. Amandry XX 31 (De/RIIa5.1) = BCD Korinth 436 (this coin); RPC I 1192. Brown surfaces, obverse off center. Fine. RPC describes the obverse as “laureate head of Nero, r. or l.” but does not illustrate any specimens of the head left variety. Very rare regardless of head direction, but exceedingly rare facing left.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 157 (31 January 2007), lot 63; BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 436; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXV.11 (November 1967), no. 7062.


Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2023 at 11:31:40 ET.

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