398, Lot: 487. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Tiberius. As Caesar, AD 4-14. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 18.69 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 10. Bare head of Tiberius left / The Great Altar of Lugdunum: altar enclosure; panels decorated with
corona civica flanked by figures holding laurel branches; decoration along roofline; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder and wreath in right hand. RIC I 240 (Augustus); Lyon 99 (Augustus). Fine, green patina, porosity, numerous scratches. Rare.