Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 855. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.93 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. AVGVST[VS] DIVI • F, laureate head right / IMP • XIIII in exergue, on right, Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated left on curule chair set on low daïs, extending his right hand toward a cloaked Gaul or German on left, standing right, presenting a child held out in both hands toward Augustus. RIC I 201a; Lyon 65; RSC 175; BMCRE 493-5 = BMCRR Gaul 216-8; BN 1453-5. Good VF, toned.