The Macellum Magnum

454, Lot: 338. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (30.5mm, 13.19 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head left, globe at point of neck / Façade of the Macellum Magnum: statue standing facing on base within cylindrical tetrastyle entrance set on tiered base, upper tristyle story surmounted by ornate conical dome; two-story distyle porch on left, two-story tristyle porch on right. RIC I 400; WCN 501; Lyon 79. Green and brown patina, flatly struck, wave to flan. Fine. Macellum Magnum type for the budget collector.