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<p>[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3087055, member: 80147"]I was lucky enough to pick this Nero Sestertius up at a recent CNG auction (420) and recieved today, have been after an afordable one with reasonable detail especially of the arch as when Nero's portrait is in good detail the prices go through the roof regardless of the reverse this one with a bit of wear on his portrait suited my budget.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]778375[/ATTACH] </p><p>Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 21.62 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs. RIC I 500; WCN 452; Lyon 191. Near VF, brown patina.</p><p>LET'S SEE YOUR NERO COINS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3087055, member: 80147"]I was lucky enough to pick this Nero Sestertius up at a recent CNG auction (420) and recieved today, have been after an afordable one with reasonable detail especially of the arch as when Nero's portrait is in good detail the prices go through the roof regardless of the reverse this one with a bit of wear on his portrait suited my budget. [ATTACH=full]778375[/ATTACH] Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 21.62 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs. RIC I 500; WCN 452; Lyon 191. Near VF, brown patina. LET'S SEE YOUR NERO COINS.[/QUOTE]
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