455, Lot: 267. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.77 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. Laureate head right / Caius Caesar galloping right, holding spear and shield in left hand, reins in right; behind, aquila between two signa. RIC I 198; Lyon 68; Calicó 174; Biaggi 90-1. Scattered marks and scratches, a group of scratches from 3-5 o’clock on reverse. Fine.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased in Summer 2003.