169, Lot: 212. Estimate $300. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.61 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 63. Laureate head left / Annona standing right, hand on hip and holding cornucopia, vis-à-vis Ceres, seated left with foot on low stool, holding grain ears over modius on garlanded altar, and torch; ship's poop in background. RIC I 99. VF, rough green patina.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.