Nero’s Parthian Arch

202, Lot: 183. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate bust right wearing aegis / Triumphal arch surmounted by statuary group of Nero in quadriga, escorted by Victory and Pax and flanked by soldiers; statue of Mars in niche on side of arch. RIC I 145; WCN 101. Good VF, green surfaces, some light porosity.

From the White Mountain Collection.