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Nomos 5

25 October 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 15000 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 231

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Aureus (Gold, 7.90 g 6), Lugdunum, c. 15-13 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI F Bare head of Augustus to right. Rev. IMP.X Two soldiers, each holding a parazonium in his left hand and each presenting, with his right, a laurel branch to Augustus, seated left on a curule chair atop a platform on the right. BMC 443. Cohen 133. Calicó 210. RIC 164a. Rare. An attractive coin struck on an oval flan. Reverse very slightly off-center and some very slight roughness, perhaps from being buried in sand, otherwise, extremely fine.


Ex The New York Sale XXV, 5 January 2011, 160 and Münzen und Medaillen DE 31, 23 October 2009, 219.

The two soldiers on the reverse have been plausibly identified as the future emperor Tiberius and his brother Drusus, who were both generals who gained significant victories over the Germans at the time this coin was struck.

Online bidding closes: 25 Oct 2011, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 13:51:20 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold

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