447, Lot: 444. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.10 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, with cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 52; WCN 25; Calicó 412; BMCRE 67-73; BN 213-9; Biaggi 225-6; Jameson –; Mazzini 118. Matte surfaces, traces of deposits, small banker’s mark on reverse. Fine.