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LOT 0076

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,840

ANCIENT ROMAN COINS - NERO - JUPITER GOLD AUREUS
(7.26 grams.).

AD 64-66. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS legend with laureate head right. Rev: IVPPITER CVSTOS legend with Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Extremely fine. Scarce.

LITERATURE:
RIC 63; Cohen 120; Sear 1930 variant (obverse legend); see Wildwinds.com (this coin).

FOOTNOTES:
The type possibly relating to Nero's escape from C. Calpurnius Piso's plot of 65 AD.