AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Lyons mint, issued 2 B.C. - A.D. 12, (3.75 g), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right, [CAESA]R AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER P[ATRIAE] around, rev. Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shields and spears between them, above on left simpulum to right, and on the right a lituus to left, X below, in exergue [C] L CAESARE[S], around [AVGVSTI] F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, (S.1597, RIC 211, RSC 43a, BMC 519). Attractive golden toning, struck on an oval flan, nearly extremely fine.
Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously Spink with ticket dated 19 September 1949.