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252. Silver denarius (3.14 gm). Jan.-Sept. 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG — P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA — EXERCITVVM, clasped hands, legionary signum on prow behind. RIC 15. RSC 29. Cf. RCV 3021. Nearly extremely fine $250 Ex A. Lynn Collection; Ponterio 117, 18-19 Jan. 2001, lot 448.
253. Silver denarius (3.28 gm). Jan.-Sept. 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG — P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / FORTVNA — AVGVST, Fortuna standing left, grasping rudder and holding cornucopiae. RIC 16. RSC 66. RCV 3025. Good very fine $175 Ex A. Lynn Collection; Rauch 67, 26 Feb. 2001, lot 413.
255. Silver denarius (3.53 gm). Sept.-Dec. 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG — P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head right / CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands. RIC 26. RSC 22. Cf. RCV 3020. Toned. Nearly extremely fine $350 Ex A. Lynn Collection; Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 5, 14 May 1999, lot 392.
256. Silver tetradrachm (10.85 gm). Asia (Ephesus?), 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG — GERM P M TR POT P P, laureate head right / COS — III, six grain ears tied with three loops below. RIC 121 (R2). RSC 46. Cf. RCV 3016. The obverse very slightly double struck. Toned. Extremely fine $750 Ex A. Lynn Collection; CNG Sale 57, 28 Mar. 2001, lot 1187. The die axis of this specimen (7:00) is attested for a bronze coin minted at Ephesus in the reign of Domitian by the Roman official Maecius(?) Rufus (RPC 1078).
254. Silver denarius (3.54 gm). Jan.Sept. 97. IMP NERVA CAES Enlargement AVG — P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / IVSTITIA — AVGVST, Justitia seated right, holding grounded scepter and branch upward. RIC 18. RSC 101. Cf. RCV 3033. With a fine portrait. The reverse struck a bit weakly, otherwise nearly extremely fine $350 Ex A. Lynn Collection; Gorny & Mosch 126, 13-14 Oct. 2003, lot 2384.
257. Silver drachm (3.20 gm). Lycian League, 97. AYTOKPAT NEPOYAC — KAICAP CEBACT around, Λ—Y in fields, laureate head right / YΠATOY — TPITOY, wooden lyre (phorminx), depicted with four strings, laurel branch to right. Unpublished. Cf. BMC 8 (same obv. except leg. terminates CEBAC, same rev. leg. w. different type). An apparently unpublished variant. Reverse slightly porous. Good very fine $200 Ex A. Lynn Collection; CNG Sale 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1106.
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