Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 858. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $7250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.85 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / C • L • CAESARES • in exergue, AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting a hand on one of two shields set on ground between them; behind the shields, two crossed spears; above, on left, lituus right, and on right, simpulum left. RIC I 209; Lyon 81; Calicó 177; BMCRE 539; BN -. VF, a few minor field marks, slight wave to flan.