Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 984. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (26.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Triumphal arch, with wreath across front, surmounted by emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory; two soldiers (torch bearers?) flanking quadriga, statue of Mars in side niche of arch. RIC I 148; WCN 117. Good VF, dark green and brown patina, areas of minor roughness. Impressive architectural type.

Ex Baldwin’s 52 (25 September 2007), lot 91.