Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 807. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AV Aureus (7.86 gm). Lugdunum mint. Struck 2 BC-4 AD. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES in exergue, Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shield and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above. RIC I 206; BMCRE 513; BN 1648; Cohen 42. Good VF, nicely centered on an exceptional flan. (See color enlargement on plate 12.) ($4000)

From the William H. Williams Collection.