59, Lot: 139. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIBERIUS. 14-37 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15-16 AD. Laureate head right / Tiberius, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, in quadriga right. RIC I 4; BMCRE 7; RSC 48. Toned, nice VF. Rare.

Tiberius' reuse of this late Augustan type (RIC I 222; RSC 300), like that of the design for the "Tribute Penny" (RIC I 220; RSC 223) reflects an attempt to create a connection between his reign and that of his predecessor.