329, Lot: 389. Estimate $100. Sold for $86. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 22.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Nero seated left in curule chair on raised daïs, extending hand;
praefectus annonae standing right, behind; individual standing left, extending hands to receive tessera from figure holding abacus before; statue of Minerva standing left on pedestal, holding owl and scepter; tetrastyle building behind. RIC I 162; WCN 93. Near Fine, rough brown surfaces.
From the Fairfield Collection.