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Zurich, 05-06 April 2025, 14:00 CEST

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich

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Nero, 54-68. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 37 mm, 24.93 g, 6 h), Lugdunum, circa 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P Laureate head of Nero to left, with globe at the tip of the neck truncation. Rev. S - C The front of a triumphal arch, in three-quarter view, with a garland across the opening, surmounted by the emperor in facing quadriga flanked by Pax, on the left, and Victory, on the right; at both ends of the entablature, soldier rushing outwards; in the side niche, statue of Mars standing facing; sculptural friezes depicting deities and a gigantomachy on the face of the arch pilasters and on the base plinths . BMC 333. BN 139. Cohen 309 Kleiner 81a. Lyon 191. RIC 500. WCN 452. Well struck with an exceptionally detailed architectural reverse. Attractive olive patina. About extremely fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, ex Classical Numismatic Group 99, 13 May 2015, 597 and Triton XVII, 7 January 2014, 654.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.

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