Exceptional Depiction of the Temple of Janus

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1727. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (25.00 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Temple of Janus with latticed windows to left and garland hung across closed double doors to right. RIC I 438; WCN 419. Good VF, apple-green patina, obverse weakly struck. Exceptional detail on reverse.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica P (12 May 2005), lot 1924.