CNG 108, Lot: 572. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 21.80 g, 6h). Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint. Struck AD 51-54. NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERMANICO COS DESIG, bareheaded and draped bust right / EQVESTER/ OR DO/ PRINCIPI/ IVVENT in four lines on shield; vertical spear behind. RIC I 108 (Claudius); von Kaenel, Thrakien, Type A, N3, dies O3/R3; BMCRE p. 195 note, pl. 37, 4; Cohen 99. Good VF, green patina, a few light cleaning marks. Excellent condition for this rare issue.

Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1044.