Ancient India
Roman Coins Used in India & Indian Imitations

366, Lot: 7. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.73 g, 1h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; simpulum and lituus above. RIC I 206; Lyon 81; Calicó 176; Turner, pl. IV, 114 (example without test cut). Fine, test cut on obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.