Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 993. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (25.52 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Nero on horseback riding right, holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback right, holding vexillum. RIC I 395; Lyon 59; WCN 403. Good VF, light brown patina, areas of red-brown and traces of green, minor marks, nicks on edge.