Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1404. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. Orichalcum Sestertius (26.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 65 AD. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, wearing aegis / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S C across field, Temple of Janus with latticed windows and garland hung across doors; doors to the left. RIC I 270; WCN 140; BMCRE 164; BN -; Cohen 134. Good VF, hard dark green patina, scuff and area of light roughness on neck. ($2000)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.