Triton XIV, Lot: 619. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.80 g, 4h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. [CAE]SAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES in exergue, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting a hand on one of two shields set on ground between them; behind the shields, two crossed spears; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. RIC I 206; Lyon 81; Calicó 176; BMCRE 513-8; BN 1648-50. Good VF, lightly toned.
From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.