Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1399. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NERO. 54-68 AD. Orichalcum Sestertius (26.79 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa 65 AD. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of bust / DECVRSIO in exergue, S C across field, Nero on horseback right, holding spear forward in right hand; behind, soldier advancing right, holding vexillum over his right shoulder. RIC I 436; WCN 418; Lyon 108 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 311; BN 71; Cohen 86. Near EF, dark brown surfaces, die break and small dig on reverse. ($4000)