Nero’s Parthian Arch

197, Lot: 128. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 23.57 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, small globe at point of bust / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue group of Nero in quadriga, escorted by Victory and Pax and flanked by soldiers; on left side of arch in niche, figure of Mars. RIC I 392; WCN 410. Fine, brown surfaces, some roughness.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.