Attractive Portrait of Augustus

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3265. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $9750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.83 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 2nd emission, 10 BC. Laureate head right / IMP-•XII across field; ACT in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus standing right, holding lyre. RIC I 192a; Lyon 59; Calicó 229b. Good VF, underlying luster. Wonderful portrait.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.