Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1447. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nerva. AD 96-98. Æ Sestertius (24.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 96. Laureate head right / Nerva seated right on sella castrensis on high platform; in front of him, attendant seated right, making distribution to citizen, standing left, foot on steps up to platform, holding out hand; in background, center, Minerva standing left, holding owl(?) and spear, on right, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera. RIC II 56; Banti 9. Near VF, green and brown patina, minor porosity and smoothing. Rare, Banti records only seven examples.