CNG 88, Lot: 1239. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.70 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 67. Laureate head left, globe at tip of neck / DECVRSIO in exergue, Nero, holding spear, on horseback right; behind him, soldier on horseback right, holding vexillum. RIC I 578; WCN 488; Lyon 286. Good VF, dark brown and tan surfaces, minor contact mark on obverse.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Ponterio 134 (22 April 2005), lot 1558.