Triton XIX, Lot: 462. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.94 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CΛESΛR • ΛVGVSTVS DIVI • F • PΛTER • PΛTRIΛE, laureate head right / ΛVGVSTI • 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 spears; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. RIC I 206; Lyon 81; Calicó 176b; BMCRE 513-8; BN 1648-50; Biaggi 92. VF, toned, slight wave to flan, some minor marks and earthen deposits.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.