64, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERVA. 96-98 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.25 gm). Struck 97 AD. Laureate head right / Modius with six grain ears and a poppy. RIC II 89; Cohen 127. Fine, brown patina with light porosity. Scarce.

From the Charles E. Weber Collection.

This reverse type record Nerva's distribution of free grain to the Roman populace.