AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, posthumous issue, Rome mint, issued under Tiberius, issued A.D. 22-30, (10.61 g), obv. radiate head of Augustus to left, DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, rev. PROVIDENT in exergue, S C across field, altar enclosure with double panelled door, (S.1789, RIC 81, BMC 146); (illustrated) another, Lugdunum mint, issued B.C. 10-7, (10.22 g), obv. laureate head to right of Augustus, rev. altar of the cult of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by two columns, each surmounted by statue of Victory, in exergue ROM ET AVG, (S.1690, RIC 230, C.240); AE semis, Lugdunum mint, issued A.D. 10-14, (4.59 g), obv. laureate head to right of Augustus, around CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, rev. altar of the cult of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by two columns, each surmounted by statue of Victory, in exergue ROM ET AVG, (S.1692, cf.RIC 234, C.238). Attractively toned, very fine and scarce. (2)
First coin ex Noble Numismatics Sale 95, lot 5434 (part). Second and third coins ex Jean Elsen, Brussels, Sale 116, lots 372 and 375.