Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1400. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. AV Aureus (7.67 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 60-61 AD. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX • TR • P • VII • COS • IIII • P • P •, EX S C across field, Virtus standing left, right foot on a pile of arms, holding parazonium in right hand resting on right knee, vertical spear in left hand. RIC I 25; WCN 12; Calicó 429; BMCRE 27; BN 35; Cohen 219. EF, lustrous around the devices, a few light marks, light scuff on lower hair. High relief portrait. Rare. ($7500)