431, Lot: 370. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.78 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. IMP • NERO • CAESAR • AVG • PONT • MAX • TR • POT • P • P •, laureate head left, globe at point of neck / S C across field, DECVRSIO in exergue, Nero on horseback riding right, holding spear; behind him, soldier on horseback riding right, holding vexillum. RIC I 508; WCN 448; Lyon 187. EF, wonderful hard green patina. Flan is beveled, so there is some peripheral weakness.