Experts in Coins & Medals

Nero, 54-68. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.43 g, 9 h), Rome, 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Nero to right. Rev. CONCORDIA AVGVSTA Concordia seated to left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left. BMC 61. BN 207. Calicó 405. CNR 25/1 (this coin). Cohen 66. RIC 48. Attractively toned red around the devices, as is typical of coins from Boscoreale. Light graffito on obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

CYPRUS. Uncertain mint. Tiberius, with Julia Augusta (Livia), 14-37. (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.71 g, 12 h), after 15/6. TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS Bare head of Tiberius to right. Rev. IVLIA AVGVSTA Livia, veiled, seated to right on a backless chair, holding a patera in her extended right hand a scepter in her left. Amandry 2. Parks 9. RPC I 3919. Rare. Surface roughness, otherwise, fine.