426, Lot: 500. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (23.8mm, 7.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Radiate head right / Genius standing left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar and holding cornucopia; I (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 215; WCN 276. Good VF, dark green and brown surfaces. Exceptional high-relief portrait.

From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Michael Rubin, 12 June 1992.