Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 28.74 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 66. VF.

Triton XXVIII
Lot: 664. Estimated: $ 2 000

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 5 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 28.74 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 66. IMP • NERO • CAESAR • AVG • PONT • MAX • TR • POT • P • P •, laureate head left; globe at point of neck / ADLOCVT COH in exergue, S C across field, Nero standing left with praetorian prefect on low platform to right, addressing three soldiers to left, standing right, the first two holding signa; the praetorian camp in the background. RIC I 491; WCN 444; Lyon 183 (D395/R417); BMCRE 304; BN 132 (same dies); cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 80 (for rev. type). Attractive medium brown surfaces with touches of red, a few minor pits. VF. Very rare architectural type on reverse, showing the Praetorian camp.

From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Kallman Collection (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 668; Classical Numismatic Group inventory 886135 (January 2011).


The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.

Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.