418, Lot: 438. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.11 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, [globe at point of neck] / Roma seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory and parazonium; shields around and behind. RIC I 398; WCN 409; Lyon 69. VF, dark tan patina with a hint of red, fields lightly smoothed, some flan striations on the reverse. An attractive color, often associated with the “Tiber” patina.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 158 (14 February 2007), lot 224 (hammer $2,000).