Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1536. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $685. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.15 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 64 AD. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga, accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers (torch bearers?); statue of Mars in side niche of arch. RIC I 147; BMCRE 187; Cohen 308. Good VF, brown patina, pitting on reverse. ($750)

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.