Lot 3136

AE Sestertius (Rome AD 64, 25.48 g) -NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P , laureate bust right with aegis / AVGVSTI POR OST, S - C, bird’s eye view of the harbour of Ostia. At the top pharos surmounted by statue of Neptune holding sceptre; at bottom reclining figure of Tiber holding rudder and dolphin; left crescent shaped pier with portico; right crescent-shaped row of breakwaters; in the centre seven ships (BMC 131, RIC 178) - F+