Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 895. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (7.44 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 65-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS in exergue, Salus seated left on ornate throne, holding patera in extended right hand; left hand at side. RIC I 59; WCN 28; Calicó 443a; BMCRE 87; BN 226. Near EF, just a hint of delicate toning. Beautifully centered and evenly struck, with a fine portrait.

Ex Sternberg XIV (24 May 1984), lot 281.