First Gold Issue of Tiberius as Augustus

CNG 109, Lot: 608. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.80 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 14-15. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / TR POT XVI, IMP VII in exergue, Tiberius driving slow quadriga right, holding eagle-tipped scepter in left hand, laurel branch in right. RIC II 1 (same rev. die as illustration; Lyon 120 (D18/R14); Calicó 307 = Biaggi 171 (same dies); BMCRE 1; BN 3 (same obv. die). VF, a few marks, hint of die rust, traces of underlying luster. The first gold issue of Tiberius as Augustus.