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RARE AND UNPUBLISHED ROMAN COINS. 329
an unpublished sestertius, presumably
Tiberius.
struck under
0&*;.-DIVVS AVCVSTVS PATER; radiate head of
Augustus to left.
Rev. S- C- ; Victory flying to left holding a buckler upon
which is S P Q R.
Wt, 347 grs.
Size 10.
This coin is of exactly the same type as Cohen, No.
242, in " second brass ", but the whole is on a larger
scale. The weight is a little light for a sestertius, but
not much, and is far too heavy for a dupondius. A
similar specimen was in the E. F. Weber Collection. 7
After Augustus I have nothing remarkable until the
reign of Nero. The first piece to mention is what I
believe to be a unique medallion, weighing 1563 grs.,
or practically four sestertii. It has apparently been
long in water, and has suffered much from attrition
in the manner often to be observed in coins washed
up by the sea, or found in running water. It is
of the Port of Ostia type, and may be described as
follows :
OZw. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG CER
P-M-TR-P IMP P P ; laureate head of Nero
to right.
Rev. AVGVSTI above, POR OST below (probably
The port of Ostia with nine
between S C ).
vessels, the statue of Neptune on a pedestal
above, and recumbent figure of the Tiber
below.
Wt. 1563 grs. Size 13 J (46 mm.). [PI. XVI. 4.]
This piece exactly reproduces on a larger scale the
7
Hirsch, Katal. xxiv, Taf. v. 842 (34 mm .).
NUMISM. CHRON., VOL. XV, SERIES IV.
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