Watch List notes:

Nero, 54-68. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 27.20 g, 7 h), Lugdunum, 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero to right with globe at the point of the bust. Rev. S - C Triumphal arch, showing the front, with a wreath hung across it, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars in side niche; the faces and plinths of the arch are ornamented with elaborate reliefs showing battle scenes. BMC 329. Cohen 307. RIC 392. A lovely piece with a bold portrait and a beautiful rendering of the Arch of Nero. Minor smoothing and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


From an old Viennese collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s and in 3rd generation family possession since.