Triton XX, Lot: 671. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.69 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 61-62. NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, bare head right / PONTIF MAX TR P VIII COS IIII P P, EX S C, Virtus standing left, right foot on cuirass, holding parazonium in right hand, spear in left. RIC I 31; Calicó 432; BMCRE 33; Biaggi 235. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (11 October 1993), lot 343.