343, Lot: 439. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (26mm, 10.66 g, 10h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 9-14. Laureate head right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding a palm frond and wreath. RIC I 233; Lyon 97. Near VF, brown patina, some hard green deposits.

From the Colin Kirk Collection.