CNG 112, Lot: 602. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.49 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / VESTA, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated left, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left. RIC I 62; RSC 335; BMCRE 104-6; BN 230. Near EF, lightly toned. Great portrait.