Ancients
Nero (AD 54-68). Orichalcum sestertius (33mm, 28.34 gm, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon), ca. AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head of Nero right, globe at point of bust / S- C, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in outstretched hand and resting left hand on parazonium; helmet and shields around, ROMA in exergue. RIC 442. Cohen 261. Pleasing reddish brown patina. Some surface roughness, otherwise Nearly Extremely Fine.Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 2136; Giessener Münzhandlung sales 100 (1999), lot 454, and 28 (1982), lot 40.
Estimate: 1300-1800 USD