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Obolos 19

8 May 2021
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  Withdrawn
Lot 817

Nero, AD 54-68. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 29 mm, 16.24 g, 6 h), Rome, 63. CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P. Rev.. BMC 219. D. Calomino, Defacing the Past - Damnation and Descecration in Imperial Rome, London, 2017, p. 71, fig. 36 (this coin). RIC 199. WCN 196. An extraordinary coin: with the praenomen Nero removed from the coin and the bust tooled to resemble that of Vespasian as a form of Damnatio Memoriae. Very rare and of immense historical interest. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine. Radiate head of Nero to left. Rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI / S C / II Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left. D. Calomino, Defacing the Past - Damnation and Descecration in Imperial Rome, London, 2017, p. 71, fig. 36 (this coin). RIC 199. WCN 196. An extraordinary coin: with the praenomen Nero removed from the coin and the bust tooled to resemble that of Vespasian as a form of Damnatio Memoriae. Very rare and of immense historical interest. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2021, 21:48:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 10:14:42 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Withdrawn
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