Exceptional Portrait

5682677.

Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.86 g, 5h). “Tribute Penny” type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 4, AD 18-35. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; one ribbon on shoulder / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated right, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 30; Lyon 150; RSC 16a; BMCRE 48-60; BN 28-31. Beautiful cabinet tone. Superb EF. Exceptional portrait struck in high relief.

Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 757.