Triton XXII, Lot: 1027. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 28.45 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR · AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left on parazonium; three shields behind cuirass, S C flanking; ROMA in exergue. RIC I 273 var. (no aegis); WCN 145; BMCRE 173; BN 369-70 var. (same). Good VF, dark green patina, worn through on highest points. Handsome high relief portrait.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, July 1984.