424, Lot: 435. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 30.69 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Nero on left, seated right on high platform; before him, an official seated right on another platform handing congiarium to togate citizen standing with one foot on a flight of steps, right hand extended, holding fold of toga; on right, small boy stands left; in background, on left, Minerva standing left, holding owl in right hand and spear in left, and, on right, Liberalitas standing right, holding up tessera in right hand. RIC I 394; WCN 407; Lyon 67. Good Fine, brown patina. Rare.