Triton XVI, Lot: 1048. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / VESTA above, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated left, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left. RIC I 62; RSC 335; BMCRE 104-6; BN 230. Near EF, bright surfaces, beginning to tone, a trace of green deposit on reverse.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Lanz 106 (26 November 2001), lot 289.