Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68). AV aureus (18mm, 7.02 gm, 5h). Fine, repaired. 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 in outstretched right hand, Victory standing left on globe in outstretched left hand. RIC I 46. Calicó 402. Repaired, thus ineligible for encapsulation. 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. The Flavian Amphitheater of Rome, took its colloquial name of Colossus from this statue, which stood before it. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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