427, Lot: 430. Estimate $400. Sold for $302. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35.4mm, 25.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head left / Triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs. RIC I 144; WCN 134. VF, green and brown patina, minor roughness.
From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Paul Rynearson, 30 September 1991.