Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 543. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (3.78 g, 5h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 5, AD 36-37. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, wreath ties with two parallel ribbons with slight undulations / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 152; RSC 16a; BMCRE 48; BN 33. Near EF, attractive gray and iridescent toning. Bold portrait.
From the White Mountain Collection.