Triton XVIII, Lot: 1029. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (37.5mm, 29.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 63. NERO CLAVD CAESAR • AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head left / CONG DAT [II POP R], Nero on left, seated right on high platform; before him, an official seated right on another platform handing congiarium to togate citizen standing with one foot on a flight of steps, right hand extended, holding fold of toga; on right, small boy stands left; in background, on left, Minerva standing left, holding owl in right hand and spear in left, and, on right, Liberalitas standing right, holding up tessera in right hand. RIC 100 corr. (obv. legend); WCN 82; BMCRE –; BN 261-3. Near VF, dark gray-brown granular surfaces, some red. Rare.

From the RAM Collection. Ex Patrick E. Cosgrove Collection (Empire 14, 1 February 1993), lot 52.