429, Lot: 315. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.77 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 10 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head right / IMP • XII across field, ACT in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing right, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. RIC I 192a corr. (ACT in exergue); Lyon 59; Calicó 229. VF, toned, a number of field marks and light scratches.

From the DMS Collection.