Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction 22-26 Aug 2022
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AUGUSTUS, 27 B.C.- A.D. 14. AR Denarius (3.87 gms), Lugdunum Mint, ca. 15 B.C. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5.
RIC-171a; RSC-144. Obverse: Bare head right; Reverse: Apollo Citharoedus, wearing drapery, standing facing with head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. An incredibly attractive piece that is boldly struck on a flan of good metal quality that is softly lustrous. Perhaps the only fault that can be raised against this Denarius is a slightly off-center strike, but even this is far less pronounced than on the mean example of the type.
From the Jones Collection.
Estimate: $2000 - $3000
RIC-171a; RSC-144. Obverse: Bare head right; Reverse: Apollo Citharoedus, wearing drapery, standing facing with head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. An incredibly attractive piece that is boldly struck on a flan of good metal quality that is softly lustrous. Perhaps the only fault that can be raised against this Denarius is a slightly off-center strike, but even this is far less pronounced than on the mean example of the type.
From the Jones Collection.
Estimate: $2000 - $3000