Watch List notes:

Nero, 54-68. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 27.60 g, 7 h), Lugdunum, circa 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero to left; globe at point of neck. Rev. PACE P R TERRA•MARIQ PARTA IANVM•CLVSIT• / S - C Temple of Janus with latticed window on the left and a garland hung across the closed double doors to the right. BMC 320. Cohen -. RIC 439. A lovely coin with a beautifully detailed rendering of the closed Temple of Janus on the reverse. About extremely fine.


From a Bavarian collection of Roman Imperial bronze coins, ex Helios 4, 14 October 2009, 263, from the collection of J. K. Schmidt, Classical Numismatic Group 60, 22 May 2002, 1539 and ex Gorny & Mosch 89, 5 May 1998, 412.