Important Julio-Claudian Dynastic Issue

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 772. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. Britannicus, with Nero as Caesar. AD 41-55. Æ 22mm (7.43 g, 2h). Dated CY 100 (AD 54/5). Laureate head of Britannicus left / Laureate head of Nero left; date in legend. RPC 2135; Amandry, Notes II, pp. 72-4; RG -. VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Extremely rare.