The Celebrated Altar of Lugdunum

CNG 108, Lot: 560. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 25.68 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 10-14. CAESAR • AVGVSTVS • DIVI • F • PATER • PATRIAE, laureate head right / ROM ET AVG in exergue, the Altar of Lugdunum: altar enclosure with panels decorated with corona civica flanked by figures holding laurel branches; decoration along roofline; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder and wreath in right hand. RIC I 231a; Lyon 95 (D459/R504); BMCRE 565; BN 1695-1706. VF, dark green-brown patina, some doubling on reverse. Very rare.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 236 (7 March 2016), lot 405.