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Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2784. Estimate $100. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAEA, Patrae. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (7.31 g, 4h). Struck AD 66/7. [NE]RO CAESAR AVG GERM [IMP], radiate head left / Genius standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar and cornucopia; lituus in right field. RPC 1259 (same obv. die as illustration); BCD Peloponnesos 548.1 var. (obv. legend; no lituus on rev.). Fine, brown patina, rough.


Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale).

It is possible that this coin is RPC 1259.2; the omission of a weight, however, makes a more certain attribution impossible