CNG 108, Lot: 577. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / AVGVSTVS AVGVSTA, Nero, radiate and togate, standing left, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left; to right, his wife, Poppaea Sabina, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC I 44 and 56; Calicó 401; BMCRE 52-3; BN 199-200; Biaggi 220. VF, traces of deposits, a few minor marks on edge. Well centered and struck. Rare reverse type.