Ex Niggeler and de Sartiges Collections

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3353. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $5820. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aemilian. AD 253. Æ Sestertius (17.42 g, 12h). Rome mint. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 52; Banti 14. Good VF, dark green patina with spots of red, a hint of smoothing. Rare.

From the John A. Seeger Collection. Ex Walter Niggeler Collection (Part 3, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 2 November 1967), lot 1454; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica XVIII, 10 October 1938), lot 426.