Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 3 . 595
Roman Imperial
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 26.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Nero, in military dress, on horseback riding right, holding couched spear, soldier on foot behind; before him, a second soldier advancing right and looking back, holding signum. RIC I 175; WCN 133. Dark green patina, some pitting and smoothing. VF. Rare variety with Nero riding among infantry soldiers . Ex Collection of an Archaeologist (Künker 347, 22 March 2021), lot 423, purchased from Günther Schlüter (Chairman of the German Numismatic Society 1975-1977), December 1993, who had purchased the coin from Spink, March 1961.
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