Triton XVIII, Lot: 1028. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 25.55 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 67. IMP NERO CΛESAR ΛVG P MΛX TR POT P P, Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / S C across field, DECVRSIO in exergue, Nero, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, on horse prancing right, carrying spear in rest in right hand; to left, a soldier also on horseback, carrying vexillum in right hand sloped over shoulder. RIC I 581; WCN 462; Lyon 259; BMCRE 315; BN –. Near EF, dark brown, slightly granular surfaces, some earthen deposits.