CNG 88, Lot: 740. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Byzantium. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Chalkous (20mm, 5.76 g, 12h). Laureate head left / Prow of galley right. RPC Supp. S2-I-1782A.1 (this coin, illustrated); Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion -. Good VF, black-green patina, traces of olive overtones in devices. Unique.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1865.