172, Lot: 176. Estimate $100. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. Fourrée Denarius (19mm, 3.23 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 51-54. Bare-headed and draped bust left / Simpulum, tripod, lituus, and patera. RIC I 77 (Claudius); BMCRE 87 (Claudius); RSC 312. VF, toned, some roughness and test cuts, several spots of copper showing through including a large spot on edge.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.