★ Among the Finest Known ★

Augustus, with Tiberius as Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 2h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 13-14. CΛESΛR ΛVGVSTVS DIVI F PΛTER PΛTRIΛE, laureate head of Augustus right / TI CΛESΛR • ΛVG • F TR • POT • XV •, bare head of Tiberius. RIC I 226; Lyon 88; RSC 2 (Tiberius and Augustus); BMCRE 507; BN 1682-4. Attractive iridescent tone. EF. Possiby the finest known.

From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty, C.M., O.B.E. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 94, 6 October 2016), lot 82; Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 453.