AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, posthumous issue, Rome mint, issued under Tiberius, issued A.D. 15-16, (10.95 g), obv. radiate head of Augustus to left, thunderbolt before, around DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, rev. Livia seated to right holding patera and sceptre, S C across field, (S.1788, RIC 72, BMC 151, C.244). Good very fine, brown patina, slightly off centred on reverse, very scarce in this condition.
Ex Spink (Australia), February 5, 1977 private purchase.