Commemorating Actium

CNG 85, Lot: 837. Estimate $10000. Sold for $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.83 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP • X across field, ACT in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, standing left, holding plectrum and lyre. RIC I 170; Lyon 27; Calicó 215. EF, lustrous, small banker’s mark behind head on obverse. Bold portrait.