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                 |  | Lot 731. Nero AE "Sestertius", later aftercast
    eAuction #72, Lot 731. Estimate: CHF 200.00
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              (Sunday, June 20th, 23:03:40 CEST) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 11:49:43 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 160.00 (1 bid) Approx. EUR 172.33 / USD 199.41 / GBP 151.75
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 160.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2021-06-20, 14:55:01 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 1 |  |  
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 Nero, after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570). Paduan AE "Sestertius" (34 mm, 23.62 g).
 Obv. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, Laureate head to right, aegis on left shoulder.
 Rev.
 Above, AVGVSTI; in exergue, S POR OST C, The port of Ostia: above, 
lighthouse surmounted by statue (Neptune?); seven ships of various types
 in harbor, left and right, portico and slips, below, a reclining figure
 left (Tiber or Neptune).
 Klawans 1; Lawrence 18; Bauten Roms 150.
 
 An excellent early aftercast. About extremely fine.
 
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