329, Lot: 388. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head right, wearing [aegis] / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; a nude, helmeted statue of Mars in side niche of arch. RIC I 147; WCN 111. Good VF, light brown patina, minor porosity, pit before beck.
From the Fairfield Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 208 (16 October 2012), lot 1994; Lanz 153 (12 December 2011), lot 401.