Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1104. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. AR Denarius (3.34 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 65-66 AD. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / AVGVSTVS AVGVSTA, Nero standing left, radiate and togate, holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in right; beside him is Messalina standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left. RIC I 57; WCN 23; BMCRE 54; RSC 43. Near EF, obverse slightly off center. ($1000)