254, Lot: 251. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 22.86 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head left, globe at point of bust / Annona standing right, hand on hip and holding cornucopia, vis-à-vis Ceres, seated left with foot on low stool, holding grain ears over modius set on garlanded altar and torch; ship’s stern in background. RIC I 391; WCN 412. Fine, dark green surfaces, corresponding flatness on obverse and reverse.