64, Lot: 251. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Contorniate (34mm, 18.16 gm). Struck circa 4th Century AD. Laureate head right; PE monogram engraved before in right field / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and parazonium. Alfoldi pl. 97, 6 var. Fine, brown patina, some reddish encrustation spots including one on Nero's head, numerous edge bumps. Possibly made from an original sestertius, but the weight is quite light.

From the Charles E. Weber Collection.