CNG 103, Lot: 816. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 66-67. IMP NERO CAESΛR ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left on ornamented throne, holding patera in right hand and resting left at side. RIC I 66; Calicó 445; BMCRE 94-5; BN 236; Biaggi 244-5. Near EF, lustrous, reddish toning, typical of those from Boscoreale.

Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 499, purchased from Carl Subak, May 1986.