Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1207. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003. Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.77 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 13-14 AD. Laureate head right / Livia, as Pax, seated right, holding branch and sceptre. RIC I 220; RSC 223. VF, struck with worn obverse die. ($300)
Tiberius used this issue as the principal model for his own denarius, conventionally known as the "Tribute Penny."