83, Lot: 139. Estimate $200. Sold for $156. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.74 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-4 AD. Laureate head right / Gaius and Lucius standing, facing, holding shields and spears; between them, lituus and simpulum. RIC I 210; RSC 43c. Toned, Good VF, flan crack

This type commemorates Gaius and Lucius Caesars, the grandsons of Augustus by Marcus Agrippa, as heirs to the imperial throne. Gaius became Princeps Iuventutis in 5 BC and Lucius in 2 BC. Their respective deaths in 4 AD and 2 AD were later attributed to Augustus' wife, Livia, to secure the throne for her son, the future emperor Tiberius.