CNG 96, Lot: 754. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.07 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Annona standing right, holding cornucopia, facing Ceres seated left, holding grain ears and torch; between them, modius on garlanded altar, ship’s stern in background. RIC I 391; WCN 412; Lyon 72. Good VF, two-tone brown patina, minor flan flaws, die shift on obverse.