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Nero
Sestertius, struck 64-66 AD in Rome.
Obv.: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Nero head, laur., wearing aegis, r.
Rev.: AVGVSTI / S POR OST C, aerial view of the harbour of Ostia. At the top, pharos surmounted by statue of Neptune l., l. holding sceptre; at the bottom, reclining figure of Tiber l, r. holding rudder, l. dolphin; to l., crecsnt-shaped pier with portico of varying length, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to r., crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slip, sometimes terminating with figure seated on rock; within the central harbour, several ships.
RIC² 180 (R2); Hess (Lucerne, 18.12.1933), 394; WCN 97

 Romanatic-ID: 1132