Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1070. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Aegae. Messalina, wife of Claudius. Augusta, 41-48 AD. Æ 17mm (3.06 gm). Draped bust of Messalina right / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. RPC I 2430; SNG Copenhagen 23. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation. Rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name. ($500)