CNG 96, Lot: 741. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.80 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head right / C • CΛES above, ΛVGVS • F in exergue, Caius Caesar, holding reins in right hand, sword and shield in left, on horse galloping right; to left, an aquila between two signa. RIC I 198; Lyon 68 (D287/R310); Calicó 174; BMCRE 498-9; BN 1457-60; Biaggi 90-1 . VF, a few scratches on obverse, scattered marks, a few shallow edge tests.