258, Lot: 351. Estimate $150. Sold for $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.67 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head left, globe at point of bust / Triumphal arch surmounted by statuary group of Nero in quadriga, escorted by Victory and Pax and flanked by soldiers; statue of Mars in niche on side of arch. RIC I 393; WCN 414. Fine, green and brown patina, some roughness and numerous scratches in the fields.