AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Lyons mint, issued 2 B.C. - A.D. 4 and later, (3.77 g), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS [DIVI F PATER PAT]RIAE around, rev. Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shields and spears between them, above on left lituus to right, and on the right a simpulum to left, X below, in exergue [C L CAESARES], around AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVV[ENT], (S.1597, RIC 211, RSC 43a, BMC 519). Golden toning, banker's mark on obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection.