Extremely Rare Head Left Issue
399, Lot: 458. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.65 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 15 BC. Bare head left / Apollo of Actium, wearing long robes, standing left, holding plectrum and lyre. RIC I 171b (R3); Lyon 26; RSC 144 var. (head right). VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare with head left, only one example in Lyon, two in CoinArchives.