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ANA Signature Sale 3033 8 August 2014
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Tiberius (AD 14-37). AV aureus (20mm, 7.87 gm, 8h). Lugdunum, ca. AD 15-18. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC 25. Calicó 305d. Exceptionally well-centered and lustrous early issue struck from dies of fine style. NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Like Tiberius himself, the coinage of his reign was intensely conservative, with only a single precious metal type in use for almost the entirety of his 23-years on the throne. The reverse depicts the Pax, personification of peace (thought to be his mother Livia in the guise of a goddess) holding an olive branch and scepter.
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD
Tiberius (AD 14-37). AV aureus (20mm, 7.87 gm, 8h). Lugdunum, ca. AD 15-18. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC 25. Calicó 305d. Exceptionally well-centered and lustrous early issue struck from dies of fine style. NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Like Tiberius himself, the coinage of his reign was intensely conservative, with only a single precious metal type in use for almost the entirety of his 23-years on the throne. The reverse depicts the Pax, personification of peace (thought to be his mother Livia in the guise of a goddess) holding an olive branch and scepter.
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD