NERO. 54-68 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.79 gm). Struck circa 65 AD. Lugdunum 
      mint. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head left, 
      globe at point of bust / S C across field, triumphal arch surmounted by 
      statue of emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by 
      two soldiers (torch bearers?); a nude, helmeted statue of Mars in side 
      niche of arch, otherwise decorated with friezes of battle scenes. RIC I 
      393; BMCRE 330; BN 69; WCN 414; F.S. Kleiner, The Arch of Nero in Rome. A 
      study of the Roman honorary arch before and under Nero, Archaeologica 52 
      (Rome, 1985), 51a; Cohen 306. VF, green patina, lightly smoothed. ($3000)


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1890.

   Lot was unsold.

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