Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1349. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIBERIUS. 14-37 AD. AV Aureus (6.88 gm). Imitating Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Laureate head right / Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding sceptre and olive-branch; ornate chair legs, double line below chair. RIC I 29 var. (single line under chair); BMCRE 46 var. (single-line and footstool); Cohen -. VF, some field and edge marks, graffiti. Unpublished variety. ($1000)

Although the style of these coins varied widely over the long period of their issue, the light weight of this particluar specimen in combination with the rough style indicates that it is likely an imitative issue.