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Auction 36  22 February 2017
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Lot 50

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 800 USD
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Tiberius. A.D. 14-37. AR denarius. 3.7 gm. 18 mm. "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. His laureate head right; TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS / Livia (as Pax) seated right on throne with ornamented legs, holding scepter and olive branch, single line below; PONTIF MAXIM. RIC I 30. RSC 16a. Near Extremely Fine; high points of portrait not fully struck up, faint scratch below chin; reverse perfectly centered; "minty" surfaces with light golden-red peripheral toning. A nice example of this historic type.

This is the coin type traditionally considered the "Tribute penny."

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