Nerva. A.D. 96-98. Æ as. 9.97 gm. 28.5 mm. Rome mint. Struck A.D. 97. His laureate head right; IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P / Clasped right hands; CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM S C. RIC II 79. Good Fine; pleasing portrait; green and brown patina; light roughness; collector/museum number handwritten on small piece of paper and adhered to reverse.

This collection of early Roman Imperial bronze was formed by an American collector in the Midwest, buying coins in the 1950's from major London coin houses. He affixed collector 'H' numbers written in ink on lacquer on many of the coins. We have correspondence dated in 1950 and 1951 with Leonard Forrer at Spink & Son, Ltd. and William French at Glendining & Co. Ltd. in London, as well as Earle K. Stanton in Los Angeles, Paul S. Seitz in Pennsylvania, and Edward Gans, Numismatic Fine Arts in New York City.