Watch List notes:

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.90 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CΛESΛR ΛVGVSTVS DIVI F PΛTER PΛTRIΛE, laureate head right / ΛVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C • L • CΛESΛRES • in exergue, Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; above, on left, lituus right, and on right, simpulum left. RIC I 210; Lyon 85; RSC 43c; BMCRE 540-2; BN 1659-61. Attractively toned. Superb EF. Well centered on a broad flan. Exceptional for issue.


From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty, C.M., O.B.E. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 405.