Statilia Messalina

CNG 94, Lot: 1020. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero, with Statilia Messalina. AD 54-68. Æ (21mm, 7.37 g, 7h). Ephesus (Ionia) mint. Struck AD 66. Laureate head of Nero right / Draped bust of Messalina right. RPC 2631.3 = SNG von Aulock 7864 (this coin). VF, dark green patina, deposits. Extremely rare, one of three cited in RPC.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Group CEM (Triton XV, 4 January 2012), lot 1386; Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 313; Leu 13 (29 April 1979), lot 407; Hans von Aulock Collection, 7864.