428, Lot: 349. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.42 g, 2h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. Young bareheaded and draped bust right / Legend in four lines on shield, behind which stands a spear. RIC I 79 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 53, 970 (V826/R – [unlisted rev. die); RSC 97. Near EF, toned, slight porosity and interior crystallization, small edge chip.