522
Augustus (27 BC - AD 14), Æ As, 20.39g. Mint of Antioch in Syria, c.AD 4/5.
IMP AVGVST TR POT
,
laureate head of Augustus facing right,
ΛΕ
monogram below neck. Rev. Large S C within laurel wreath
(McAlee 206c; RPC 4260). Uniform brown patina, extremely fine.
$ 1,000
523
Divus Augustus (d. AD 14), Æ Sestertius, 25.50g, 12h. Mint of Rome, struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23.
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
, Augustus, radiate and togate, enthroned left, his feet on a stool, holding a laurel-
branch and a long sceptre, an altar on left. Rev.
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII
around
large
S C
(RIC 49; BMC 74; BN 50; C 309; RCV 1782). A beautiful example, with a very well-detailed reverse,
attractive dark brown patina, nearly extremely fine.
Rare
.
$ 5,000
ex K. Kress, Münich, Auction 143, 1968, lot 441
524
Tiberius (AD 14-37), Gold Aureus, 7.95g, 9h. Mint of Lugdunum, struck c. AD 14-15.
TI CAESAR DIVI
AVG F AVGVSTVS
, head facing right, laureate. Rev.
TR POT XVI
, Tiberius standing in a slow quadriga right,
holding a laurel-branch and an eagle-tipped sceptre,
IMP VII
in exergue (RIC 1; BMC 1; Calicó 307; C 45;
RCV 1758). Good very fine, with an attractive portrait.
Rare
.
$ 18,000
ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 30044)
525
Tiberius (AD 14-37), Silver Denarius, 3.7g. ‘Tribute Penny’. Mint of Lugdunum, AD 36/7.
TI CAESAR DIVI
AVG F AVGVSTVS
, laureate head of Tiberius facing right. Rev.
PONTIF MAXIM
, Livia, as Pax, seated right
on throne with ornate legs, resting feet on footstool, holding sceptre and olive branch (RIC 30; Lyon 154;
BMC 48; RSC 16a). Lightly toned, extremely fine.
$ 1,000
