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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 4960002, member: 4298&quot;]Hi CT friends</p><p><br /></p><p>I have possessed this Nero denarius for almost 15 years now, and for some reason, time has come to move to something else, hence my decision to part with it</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192344[/ATTACH] </p><p><b> Nero, Denarius </b> - Rome mint, AD 64/65</p><p>NERO CAESAR, laureate head of Nero right</p><p>AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero standing facing, holding branch and victory on globe</p><p>3,32 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV #1941, Cohen #45, RIC # 47</p><p>The following comment, from NFA, auction XX catalog, # 118 :</p><p><i>Nero&#039;s coinage reform of A.D. 64 saw a reduction in the weight standard of both the aureus and denarius denominations. A whole new range of reverse types was introduced with an unmistakably imperial flavor, in marked contrast to the senatorial types of the pre-reform coinage. This coin depicts a standing figure of the emperor, wearing the radiate crown of the sun god Sol, holding a branch of peace and a small figure of Victory. An allusion to the settlement of the Parthian question, following Corbulo&#039;s successes in Armenia in A.D. 63, seems unmistakable. It is tempting to identify this reverse type with the statue of the sun god, with the facial features of the emperor, erected by Nero in front of his Domus Aurea (Golden House), which was one of the principal features of the reconstruction following the Great Fire of Rome in A.D. 64. The Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) was later erected on the site of the Domus Aurea&#039;s ornamental lake, and received its popular name from its close proximity to Nero&#039;s statue</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I have someone interested at buying it who in their own right questionned its autheticity, which is normal when buying an ancient. They also showed the pictures to an expert who thought it might have been tooled, especially on Nero&#039;s hair</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion it&#039;s not tooled. I&#039;ve shown the coin many times to advanced fellow collectors, and some well known professionnals have seen it too and none of them ever questionned it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired it in 2006 from Glenn WOODS at V coins</p><p><br /></p><p>I found at CGB another specimen sharing IMO the same obverse die. It has more wear on the portrait but from what is left, I can&#039;t see any difference in the hair curls on both examples : <a href="https://www.cgb.fr/neron-denier-tb-,brm_124608,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cgb.fr/neron-denier-tb-,brm_124608,a.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cgb.fr/neron-denier-tb-,brm_124608,a.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images3.cgb.fr/images/rome/brm_124608.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought you all might be of some help to solve the case. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you think this coin is the real thing ?</p><p>Do you think it is or might be tooled ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for <i>any </i>contribution : I&#039;m not the kind of guy who will shout out for ten days should I hear bad news...</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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