Sale: Nomos 10, Lot: 92. Estimate CHF5000.  Closing Date: Sunday, 17 May 2015.  Sold For CHF4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nerva, 96-98. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32mm, 27.78 g 6), Rome, after 18 September 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P Laureate head of Nerva to right. Rev. LIBERTAS PVBLICA / S - C Libertas standing left, holding pileus in her right hand and scepter in her left. Banti 34. BMC 135. BN 120. Cohen 118. RIC 100. A lovely piece with a fine portrait and a splendid glossy dark green patina of unusually fine quality and attractiveness. Some very minor scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a private European collection, originally purchased from Spink�s in London in 2000.