Triton XXII, Lot: 1020. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (29.5mm, 11.28 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. IMP NERO CΛESΛR ΛVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head right, globe at point of neck / S C across field, Victory, draped, flying left, holding in right hand shield inscribed S P Q R. RIC I 605; WCN 593 and 602; Lyon 228; BMCRE 381-6; BN 155-63. Choice EF, attractive dark green patina, light earthen deposits. Excellent portrait.

Ex Rauch 101 (19 April 2016), lot 1544; Rauch 97 (14 April 2015), lot 455.