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Aureus gold – Roma – NGC XF Strike 3/5 – Surface 4/5 – Boscoreale Hoard

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Aureus gold – Roma – NGC XF Strike 3/5 – Surface 4/5 – Boscoreale Hoard

15 000

Description:

Coin with nice portrait and iridescent patina from Boscoreale hoard. Very nice example.

Period
Nero
Type
Aureus
Year
64-65 AC
Mint name
Rome
Diameter
18 mm
Weight
7,28 g
Metal
Gold
Rarity
Rare pedigree
  • Pedigree :

    Provenance : probably Boscoreale Hoard.

    In 1895, excavators working on a Roman villa near the buried city of Pompeii unearthed an amazing treasure trove that included silver table vessels of incredible beauty and more than 1,000 gold aurei.

    The intense heat from the volcanic ash, lava and pyroclastic flows from the eruption of Vesuvius left nearly all of the gold coins with a distinctive reddish purple discoloration which has come to be known as “Boscoreale toning

    Unfortunately, no formal study of the Boscoreale coins was made before they were dispersed into the market.

  • Comments :

    Coin certified NGC XF Strike : 3/5 and Surface 4/5.

    https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6029852-003/NGCAncients/

    Boscoreale Tone