Triton XXI, Lot: 719. Estimate $7500. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.57 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 61-62. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP •, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX TR P • VIII • COS • IIII P P, EX S C across field, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, cloak over shoulders, standing right, left foot on helmet; dagger and bow on ground to right; holding with both hands a round shield set on her left knee. RIC I 33 (Rome); Lyon 33; Calicó 433 (Rome and Lugdunum); BMCRE 36 (Rome); cf. BN 44 (Denarius); Biaggi –. Near EF, underlying luster.