Nero (54–68). Sestertius (AE, 23.75 g, 35 mm, 7 h), Lugdunum mint, 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero right, globe at the point of the bust / 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. RIC 392; Cohen 307; BMC 329. Attractive specimen. Nice details. Brown patina, some corrosion on obverse. Some old smoothing and minor tooling. Good very fine. Ex Louis Ciani, Fixed Price List November 1926.