Triton XX, Lot: 673. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, naked to the waist, cloak around lower body, seated left on ornate throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long scepter with left. RIC I 53; WCN 57; RSC 119; BMCRE 74-6; BN 220-1. Near EF, toned, a few tiny marks on the reverse. Well centered and boldly struck. Excellent metal.
From the Kallman Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 657; Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 1102.