Cancelled Nero Countermark
440, Lot: 295. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA & THRACE. Æ Sestertius (38mm, 26.81 g). Countermarks applied under Nero, 54-68, and Galba, April–June AD 68. GALBA and [(NE)R•C•(IMP)] (cancelled) in rectangular countermark on a sestertius of Nero Claudius Drusus. Pangerl 86 for Galba; Pangerl –; Martini 1.4012 for Nero. Host Fair, c/m’s Near VF, brown-green patina.
From the Richard Baker Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI (18 March 1993), lot 542.