ORC2243 NERO, PORT of OSTIA, sestertius, VF 

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ORC2243 Nero, Port of Ostia sestertius VF 


Nero, Æ sestertius, (27.12g) 6:00 die axis, Rome Mint, NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. Laureate head of Nero r. wearing aegis. / AVGVS[TI] S P Q R OSTC Perspective view of the harbor of Ostia with seven ships; statue of Neptune above, personification of the Tiber reclining below with dolphin. Vagi 702; RIC 440. VF, minor adhesions on reverse expertly touched up, attractive style, with a weakly struck edge, hairline flan crack at 12:00 obverse, Tiber tone, overall a most attractive coin. Nero completed work on the harbor at Ostia. The project was begun under his step-father, the emperor Claudius.