ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN, Nero (AD 54-68), Æ Sestertius, mint of Lugdunum, struck c. AD 65, NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P , head facing right, laureate, a globe at point of bust, rev S-C, three-quarter view of a triumphal arch, decorated with battle scenes, its entrance garlanded, a statue of Mars stands in a side niche, the roof surmounted by a facing quadriga, driven by Nero, flanked by Victory and Pax, warriors at edges of platform, 25.99g, 7h (RIC 432; WCN 422; BMC 329; C 307). Light porosity, very fine, with a very interesting architectural reverse type . £750-850
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