Nero as Caesar - From the Weller Collection

174, Lot: 204. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.04 g). Thracian mint. Struck AD 51. Bare-headed and draped bust right / EQVESTER/OR-DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT in four lines across shield; vertical spear behind. RIC I 108; von Kaenel, "Britannicus, Agrippina Minor und Nero in Thrakien," SNR 63 (1984), N4 and Tafel 25, 38; BMCRE p. 195 note; Cohen 99. See also RPC I pp. 311 and 319 for a discussion of this issue. Fine, dark brown, almost black patina, some light marks. Rare.

Ex The Michael Weller Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1316.