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Auction: 20154 - Spink Numismatic Circular 5 - Part 2 - The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins and Other Properties
Lot: 1868

(x) Nero (54-68), AV Aureus, 7.32g, 5h, Rome, struck, c. AD 66-67, IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTUS, older 'fuller' laureate and bearded bust right, rev. IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter seated on throne left, bare to waist, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre (BMC 77-78; RIC 63; Calicó 413; RCV 1930), some striking softness to reverse 3 to 6 o'clock, otherwise a pleasing very fine example of this most infamous Emperor 'who fiddled whilst Rome burned'

Provenance
The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins
Spink Numismatic Circular, August 2001, RM0404 - £2,200



NGC XF (#5880398-007). Strike 4/5. Surface 4/5.

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5880398-007/NGCAncients/

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Estimate

Starting price
£2000