Triton XVIII, Lot: 990. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.81 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head right / IMP X across field, ΛCT in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. RIC I 171a; Lyon 28; RSC 144; BMCRE 461-2 = BMCRR Gaul 175-6; BN 1397-8. Near EF, toned, traces of die rust, small die break on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Hess-Leu 41 (24 April 1969), lot 82.