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Nomos 3

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 20000 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 180

Nerva. AD 96-98. Aureus (Gold, 7.48 g 6), Late September - December 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P Laureate head of Nerva to right. Rev. FORTVNA AVGVST Fortuna standing left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopia with her left. BMC 57. Calicó 965. Cohen 70. RIC 28. Rare. A splendid example with exceptional fine and noble portrait. Good extremely fine.


From a Swiss private collection..

This coin was minted around the time Nerva adopted Trajan as his heir, an unusually astute move that helped to defuse the unhappiness of the army at having a civilian emperor. The portrait here portrays Nerva as a strong and powerful man, but at the time this coin was struck he was 67 and suffering from illnesses that finally killed him on January 27, 68.

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