From the Gemini V Auction, Closed January 6, 2009.



Lot # 255Estimate: US$750
Augustus. Silver denarius 



             



            Augustus. (27 BC-14 AD). Silver denarius (3.77 gm). Lugdunum. CAESAR 
            AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, head laureate right / C L CAESARES 
            AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Lucius and Gaius Caesars, togate, 
            standing holding honorary shields and spears, lituus and ladle 
            above. BMCRE 540. CBN 1659. Giard, Lyon 85. RIC 210. Cohen 143. 
            Scarce variant. Extremely fine. 

            Displayed at Cincinnati Art Museum, 1994-2008, no. 143. 

            This is the scarcer mirror-image version of this reverse type: 
            Gaius, with his shield in front of Lucius’ shield and the ladle by 
            his head marking him as Pontifex, is on the right rather than on the 
            left as he should be. 

  ... Lot 255 sold for high bid of $1600 [ $1840, or approx 1361.6 EUR, 1251.2 GBP including the 15% buyers premium.] 

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