Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1373. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. AV Aureus (7.35 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 64-65 AD. Laureate head right / Nero, radiate and togate, standing facing, holding branch and Victory standing on globe, who holds wreath and palm. RIC I 46; WCN 22; BMCRE 56; Cohen 44. Good VF. ($2500)

Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 661 (September 1973), lot G2906.

The reverse depicts the Colossus, a 120 foot tall bronze statue of Nero as Sol that was created by Zenodorus for the vestibule of the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, the massive palace constructed by Nero after the fire of 64 AD. The statue was destroyed after Nero's downfall in 68, but its memory was retained in the popular name of the amphitheater constructed by the Flavians at the same site-the Colosseum.