Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 996. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (13.46 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 67. Laureate head right, globe at point of bust / Securitas seated right, resting elbow on back of chair, hand to head, holding scepter; garlanded and lighted altar before, against which leans lighted torch. RIC I 596; Lyon 210; WCN 531. EF, attractive river patina, small flan crack.