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Sestertius with head of Nerva

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 96
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 24.69 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.230
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Nerva, laureate, right.
IMPNERVACAESAVG. PMTRPCOSIIPP
Reverse: Fortuna, standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
FORTVNA AVGVST S C (left and right in field)

ProvenanceEx Leo Hamburger Sale, Frankfurt am Main, Oct. 19, 1925, no. 761
Fix Wilbour credit line with dates; data otherwise is okay