68, Lot: 236. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero. 79 BC. AR Brockage Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.30 gm). Draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder / incuse of obverse. Cf. Crawford 383/1; cf. Sydenham 770 and 770a; cf. Claudia 5 and 6. VF.

Ti. Claudius Nero was the grandfather of the emperor Tiberius. The true meaning of the obverse is not known, though it may be an allusion to the Claudians' Sabine origins.