Roman Grain Supply

329, Lot: 387. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.29 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Annona standing right, holding cornucopia, facing Ceres seated left, holding grain ears and torch; modius on garlanded altar between them, ship's stern in background. RIC I 495; WCN 445. VF, brown and gray surfaces, hairline flan crack.

From the Fairfield Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 287 (26 September 2012), lot 409.