CNG 102, Lot: 871. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.97 g, 6h). Pergamum mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-51. Bareheaded and draped bust left of young Nero / COS DES/ PRINC/ IVVENT in three lines on round shield; all within laurel wreath. RIC I 121 corr. (rev. legend; Claudius); RSC 82; RPC I 2225. VF, toned, some iridescence, a few minor marks under tone. Very rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1785 (hammer 1300 CHF).