Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1809. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONTORNIATE, In the name of Nero. Circa late 4th century AD. Æ 36mm (19.11 gm). Laureate head of Nero right / Olympias reclining left on couch, extending hand to serpent coiled at feet. Alföldi, Kontorniat, Tafel 55, 9 (this coin). VF, strong strike, brown patina, light porosity on reverse, hairline flan crack. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1-3 May 1980), lot 119.