144, Lot: 280. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 31.62 g). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Laureate head right, small globe at point of bust / Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory; flanked by two soldiers (torch bearers?), a nude, helmeted statue of Mars in side niche of arch, otherwise decorated with friezes of battle scenes. RIC I 432; BMCRE 329; WCN 422; Cohen 307. VF, brown surfaces, some light roughness.