152, Lot: 205. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.04 g). Lugdunum (Lyon mint). Struck AD 67. Laureate head right, small globe at point of bust / Nero riding right on horseback holding spear, behind him rides a soldier carrying a vexillum over his shoulder. RIC I 579; BMCRE 314; WCN 474. Fine, brown patina, surfaces a little rough.

From the Lamar Payne Collection.