Impressive Temple of Janus

CNG 102, Lot: 873. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.06 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESΛR ΛVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head left, globe at point of neck / PΛCE P R TER RΛ MΛRIQ PΛRTΛ IΛNVM CLVSIT, S C across field, temple of Janus, with latticed windows to left and garland hung across closed double doors to right. RIC I 439; WCN 426; Lyon 117; BMCRE 320 (same dies); BN –. EF, brown patina. Exceptional detail.