CNG 90, Lot: 1467. Estimate $4000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.06 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P, laureate head left, globe at tip of neck / Nero on horseback riding right, holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback right, holding vexillum; S C across field, DECVRSIO in exergue. RIC I 508; WCN 448; Lyon 187. Good VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, a hint of smoothing. Reverse struck in high relief.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica N (26 June 2003), lot 1788.