151, Lot: 218. Estimate $300. Sold for $690. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.91 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head right, wearing aegis / 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 147. Good Fine, brown patina, minor surface problems.

Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 1222.