Tiberius Chosen to Succeed Augustus

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 861. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus, with Tiberius as Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.93 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 13-14. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / TI CAESAR in exergue, AVG F TR POT XV • above, Tiberius, laureate, standing right in triumphal quadriga, holding eagle-tipped scepter in left hand and laurel branch in right. RIC I 221; Lyon 89; Calicó 294; BMCRE 511; BN 1685-6. Near EF, underlying luster.