157, Lot: 304. Estimate $750. Sold for $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.08 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers (torch bearers?), a nude, helmeted statue of Mars in side niche of arch, otherwise decorated with friezes of battle scenes. RIC I 148; WCN 117. VF, brown patina, minor smoothing, obverse legend strengthened. Nice arch.