Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1316. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO, as Caesar. 50-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.08 gm). Thracian mint. Struck 51 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / EQVESTER/OR-DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT in four lines across shield; vertical spear behind. RIC I 108; von Kaenel, "Britannicus, Agrippina Minor und Nero in Thrakien," SNR 63 (1984), N4 and Tafel 25, 38; BMCRE pg. 195 note; Cohen 99. See also RPC I pp. 311 and 319 for a discussion of this issue. Fine, dark olive surfaces. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.