Triton XVII, Lot: 652. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.98 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / ROMA in exergue, S C across field, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on parazonium; helmet and shields around. RIC I 442; WCN 421; Lyon 112; BMCRE 324-5; BN 76. Good VF, attractive dark green and gray-brown patina, minor smoothing, small pit on reverse.