Triton XVIII, Lot: 1033. Estimate $4000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AV G GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S C across field, ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on parazonium; to right, shields set on ground. RIC I 275 var. (wearing aegis); WCN 137 var. (same); BMCRE 180 var. (same); BN 364 var. (same). Near EF, mottled green and brown patina, minor cleaning marks.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 346.