★ An attractive aureus of Augustus ★

Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Aureus (Gold, 18 mm, 7.76 g, 12 h), Lugdunum, 2 BC-AD 4. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Laureate head of Augustus to right. Rev. AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT / C L CAESARES Caius and Lucius standing facing, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield a spear; between them, simpulum and lituus. BMC 515. Calicó 176. Cohen 42. RIC 206. An attractive coin with a lovely portrait. Scratch on the reverse and with minor traces of mounting, otherwise, very fine.

From a Swiss collection, Leu Web Auction 16, 22 May 2021, 3354 and ex Aureo & Calicó 348, 26 May 2020, 1091.