394, Lot: 382. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Hypaepa. Nero, with Statilia Messalina. AD 54-68. Æ (25mm, 11.04 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 66-68. Draped bust of Messalina right, facing laureate head of Nero left / VΠAIΠHИ, HΓEΣIΠΠ[OΣ?], facing cult statue of Artemis. RPC I 2544 var. (shorter ethnic) and S3-I-2543B (longer ethnic running downward). Near VF, green patina, roughness.