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Auction 61238  –  6 December 2021

Heritage Auctions, Auction 61238

The Ed's Treasures Collection of Ancient Coins

Mo, 06.12.2021, from 3:00 AM CET
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Nero (AD 54-68). AV aureus (20mm, 7.28 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, edge scuff, marks, brushed. Rome, ca. AD 64-65. NERO-CAESAR, laureate, bearded head of Nero right / AVGVSTVS-GERMANICVS, Colossus of Nero as Sol, radiate and togate, standing facing, head slightly right, left knee bent, branch upward in right hand, Victory on globe facing in left. RIC I 46. Calicó 402a. From the Ed's Treasures Collection The reverse depicts Nero's Colossus, a roughly 120-foot tall bronze statue of the emperor as Sol, created by Zenodorus, for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea (Golden House) - the massive palace constructed by Nero after the Great Fire of AD 64.

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