CNG 106, Lot: 711. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.53 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory; two soldiers (torch bearers?) flanking quadriga, statue of Mars in side niche of arch, otherwise decorated with panels of battle scenes. RIC I 392; WCN 410; Lyon 70. Good VF, brown patina, some smoothing.