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SOLD: Nerva, 96-98 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AR Tetradrachm, Eagle

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Origin: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Authority: Nerva
Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
Composition: Silver
Date: 96-98 AD
Obverse: AVT NEPOVAS KAIΣ SEB GEPM; Laureate bust of Nerva right, wearing aegis
Reverse: NEOV IEPOV B ETOVS; Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right; B (date) and palm branch before.
Size: 26mm; 14.45g
Grade: Choice VF
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group Inc., eAuction 151, Lot 155
References: Prieur 150
General: A rare silver tetradrachm of Nerva from the Antioch mint in Syria. Only 8 specimens recorded in Prieur. At the elderly age of 65, Nerva became Roman emperor. His reign lasted only 2 years. He adopted Trajan, then a general, as a heir and his successor. One of the Roman Emperors fortunate enough to die of natural causes, he was succeeded by Trajan, who went on to have a long and prosperous reign.
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