Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1239. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO, as Caesar. 50-54 AD. AV Aureus (7.60 gm). Draped bust of young Nero left / Simpulum and lituus above tripod and patera. RIC I 76 (Claudius); Cohen 311. Toned, good VF, obverse die cracks, two nicks on reverse. ($4000)

This specimen is from the same dies as Strozzi Collection (Galerie Sangiorgi, 15-22 April 1907), lot 1840.