157, Lot: 321. Estimate $500. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.56 g). Lugdunum (Lyons) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head left, globe at point of bust / 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 500; WCN 452. VF, brown surfaces, minor encrustation.