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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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An Extremely Fine Gold Tribute Penny of Fine Style

Estimate: 6500 CHF
Hammer Price:  7500 CHF
Lot 290

Tiberius, 14-37. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.76 g, 8 h), Lugdunum, late 20s-early 30s. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Tiberius to right. Rev. PONTIF MAXIM Female figure (Livia?) seated right on a throne with decorated legs, holding a reversed spear and a branch. BMC 46. BN 23. Calicó 305a. Cohen 15. RIC 29. A remarkably fine, very well-struck piece, with an idealistic portrait of the emperor. Extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 14, 17 May 2017, 329 and from a European collection.

This coin bears a rather idealized and youthful portrait of Tiberius, showing him as an elegant young man in the tradition of the portraits of his ‘father’ Augustus. This is, in fact, an astonishingly elegant coin.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 18:31:37 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:7500 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 5 Mai 2019 at 14:30 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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