136, Lot: 208. Estimate $300. Sold for $526. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO, as Caesar. 50-54 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.62 g). Thracian mint. Struck 51 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / EQVESTER / OR-DO / PRINCIPI / IVVENT in four lines across shield; vertical spear behind. RIC I 108; von Kaenel, SNR 63 (1984), N4 and tafel 25, 38; BMCRE pg. 195 note; BN 288; Cohen 99. Fine, green patina. Rare.

Latin coins (sestertii and dupondii) in the name of Britannicus, Agrippina Jr., and the young Nero have been found localized in the Balkan region, and were most likely struck at a local mint servicing the legions guarding the border. Only four spe