Lot 2045

Description

Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Lugdunum mint, issued 2 B.C. - A.D. 4, (3.82 grams), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right, CAESAR AVGVS[TVS] DIVI F PATER PATRIAE around, rev. Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shields and spears between them, above on left simpulum to right, and on the reverse lituus to left, around C L CAESARES AVGVS[TI F COS DESIG PRINC IVV]ENT, (S.479, RIC 207, BMC 519). Off-centre on the reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine with some originl mint bloom

Ex. Nvmmorvm Avctiones 12, Italo Vecchi Ltd. June 5, 1998 (lot 625 illustrated).