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Triton XVIII Sessions 3 & 4  7 January 2015
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Lot 991

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 17 000 USD
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.91 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PΛTER PATRIΛE, laureate head right / ΛVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC [IVVEN]T, [C] L CAESARES in exergue, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting a hand on one of two shields set on ground between them; behind the shields, two spears; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. RIC I 206; Lyon 81; Calicó 176; Biaggi 93; BMCRE 513-8; BN 1648-50. EF, lustrous, traces of die rust and deposits, a few shallow scratches and marks. Portrait of artistic merit.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 91 (10 May 2004), lot 504.
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