Choice Augustus Denarius

Triton XIV, Lot: 620. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / C L CAESARES in exergue, [A]VGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT around, 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 207; Lyon 82; RSC 43; BMCRE 519-33; BN 1651-7. Superb EF, deep, old collection toning. Superb, artistic portrait.

From the C.K. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 302.