194, Lot: 112. Estimate $150. Sold for $485. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Nero, with Poppaea. AD 54-68. Æ 23mm (9.64 g, 1h). Klaros, strategos, and Hermogenes, magistrate. Struck AD 62-65. Confronted busts of Nero, laureate, and Poppaea, draped / Zeus seated left, holding scepter. RPC I 2482.19 (this coin); Klose XXXIV, 35 (unlisted dies). Near VF, dark brown patina, rough surfaces.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.