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Triton XX Sessions 1 & 2  10 January 2017
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Lot 649

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 10 000 USD
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Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Quniarius (15mm, 3.89 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 27-28. TI DIVI F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / TR POT XXVIIII, Victory seated right on globe, holding wreath in both hands. RIC I 13; King 9a, pl. 5 = Lyon 133, 1a (this coin); BMCRE –; Biaggi –. Good VF, a couple tiny marks. Very rare date, one of only three cited by King.


From the Continental Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 89 (5 May 1998), lot 397; Münzen und Medaillen AG 44 (15 June 1971), lot 32.

With the exception of several years, the Lyon mint struck annual, dated quinarii from AD 15 through AD 37. These issues were quite small, with many dates only known from a few specimens.
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