Pre-Long Beach Auction #81

Nerva. Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm (9.9 g), AD 96-98. Rome, for use in Asia (?), AD 98. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT P P COS III, laureate head of Nerva right. Reverse: COM ASI across field, distyle temple set on three-tiered base; within, statuary group of Augustus standing facing on left, holding spear, being crowned with wreath by female figure standing facing on right, holding cornucopiae; ROMA ET AVG in entablature. Cf. RIC 122 (ROM); BMC 79; RSC 14a. Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300