Choice Patina

158, Lot: 224. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.16 g). Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 65. Laureate head right; small globe at point of bust / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and parazonium; shields around. RIC I 398; BMCRE 324; WCN 409. VF, dark tan patina with a hint of red, fields lightly smoothed, some flan striations on the reverse. Nice color, often associated with the “Tiber” patina.