Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1439. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERVA. 96-98 AD. AR Denarius (3.56 gm). Struck 97 AD. IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM TR POT II, laureate head right / COS III PATER PATRIAE, simpulum, aspergillum, ewer, and lituus. RIC II 34; RSC 51; BMCRE 56; BN 41. Ner EF, lightly toned, a few light marks on obverse. Attractive portrait. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.