Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1069. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (28.24 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and parazonium, resting foot on helmet; shields behind. RIC I 389, 442-3 var. (obv. legend); Lyon 69, 112, 119 var. (same); WCN 409, 421, 428 var. (same). VF, attractive green patina. Unpublished with obverse legend ending IMP P (RIC type 30B).