AVG Monogram Pin - Second Known

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 971. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.68 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Laureate head right; “AVG” monogram pin at wreath tie / Caius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, holding shields and spears between them; lituus and simpulum above. RIC I 210; Lyon 82/7a=BN 1651 var. (lituus and simpulum reversed); RSC 43c. Good VF. Extremely rare with “AVG” monogram.

This is believed to be only the second known example with the “AVG” monogram pin as a wreath tie. The other known specimen is in the Bibliothèque Nationale but struck from a different die.