Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1331. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.57 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 64 AD. Laureate head right / AVGVSTI S P Q R • OSTC, Port of Ostia: six ships within the harbor framed on either side by portico and arcade with seated figure; at top is a pharus surmonted by a statue of Neptune; Tiber reclines left on dolphin below, holding rudder. RIC I 181 var. (wearing aegis); WCN 105 var. (same); BMCRE 134 var. (same); Cohen 41 var. (seven ships). Good VF, red-brown patina, minor surface roughness. ($5000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.