CNG 109, Lot: 429. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero, with Claudia. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (25.8mm, 12.96 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 57/58). Laureate head of Nero right / [O]KTAOVIA ΣEBAΣTOV, draped bust of Claudia Octavia right; L ∆ (date) in lower right field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 191; K&G 14.26; RPC I 5222; Emmett 127.4. VF, toned, die shift on reverse. Good metal.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (December 2009).