Nero TRIUMPHAL ARCH Sestertius BOLD US $250.00 Ended: Nov-17-03 19:48:00 PST David Sear notes: "This arch has been identified as that decreed by the Senate in AD 58 to commemorate the eastern victories fo Cn. Domitius Corbulo. It was located on the Capitoline Hill but its exact site is uncertain, the structure probably having been demolished following Nero's downfall a decade later." Nero, 54-68 AD, bronze sestertius of 32.8 mm, 26.66 grams. Struck at Rome in 64 AD. Obverse: Laureate bust right. Reverse: SC flanking view of triumphal arch, surmounted by group of statuary with Nero in facing quadriga between standing figures of Victory and Pax, showing front festooned with wreath and side adorned with bas-relief of Mars standing on pedestal. Reference: Sear I 1962.