173, Lot: 395. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 25.60 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. 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 393. VF, brown surfaces, small scratch in obverse field.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.