80, Lot: 132. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.70 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 64 AD. Laureate bust right, aegis / Ceres seated left, holding grain ears in right hand and torch in left, facing Annona who stands right holding cornucopiae; between them is a modius set on an altar and a ship's stern. RIC I 137; BMCRE 127; BN -; WCN 119; Cohen -. VF, extensive corrosion; from being in a big fire, perhaps?