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Sestertius with bust of Nero
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 65
Mint: Lugdunum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36.5 mm. Weight: 25.85 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1982.594
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Nero, laureate, right, globe at point of bust.
NERO.CLAVD.CAESAR.AVG.GER.P.M.TR [PIMPPP]
Reverse: Port of Ostia with eight ships and figure standing on column at top center. Neptune with dolphin in left hand and rudder in right reclines below between pier at left and breakwaters at right.
PORTAVG in field: S C
NERO.CLAVD.CAESAR.AVG.GER.P.M.TR [PIMPPP]
Reverse: Port of Ostia with eight ships and figure standing on column at top center. Neptune with dolphin in left hand and rudder in right reclines below between pier at left and breakwaters at right.
PORTAVG in field: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: L. P. G. Messenger Collection; by 1951: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London W. 1 (Glendining auction of the Messenger Collection, November 21, 1951, lot 113); by date unknown in the 1950s: Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift to MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule, November 17, 1982