Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 746. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius (23.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 64 AD. Laureate head right, wearing aegis / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers (torch bearers?), a nude, helmeted statue of Mars in side niche of arch, otherwise decorated with friezes of battle scenes. RIC I 147; BMCRE 185-187; Cohen 307. VF, olive brown and green patina, minor roughness. ($750)