Choice Tiberius Tribute Penny

389, Lot: 585. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.79 g, 2h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. Laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons / Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding scepter and olive branch, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 154; RSC 16a. EF, lightly toned, a small patch of tiny contact marks on reverse.