Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 2.38 g, 2h). Mint in Gaul (auxiliary mint of Lugdunum?). Struck circa 10 BC.

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Lot: 537. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 2.38 g, 2h). Mint in Gaul (auxiliary mint of Lugdunum?). Struck circa 10 BC. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing with wings spread, head left. RIC I 227; Lyon –; RPC I 508. Green-brown patina, traces of porosity. VF. Scarce.

Ex RVP Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 310, 4 September 2013), lot 357.

Giard, in Le monnayage de l’atelier de Lyon, regards this issue as a product of an auxiliary mint of Lugdunum. They were probably minted in the territory of the Lingones, the Aedui, or the Sequani, if not struck in Lugdunum.

Closing Date and Time: 9 June 2021 at 12:58:40 ET.

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