180, Lot: 175. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.45 g). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51-54. Bare-headed and draped young bust of Nero right / EQVESTER/OR • DO/PRINCIPI/IVVENT, in four lines on round shield; spear behind. RIC I 78 (Claudius); Calicó 407; BMCRE 92 (Claudius). Near Fine, obverse test cut.