120, Lot: 118. Estimate $500. Sold for $561. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERVA. 96-98 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.01 g). Struck 96 AD. Laureate head right / Nerva and officer seated right on platform, distributing donative to citizen; statues of Minerva and Liberalitas in background. RIC II 56; BMCRE 87; Cohen 37. Near VF, dark greenish brown patina, some rubbing around edges.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.