Obverse: Laureate head of Augustus facing right. Reverse: Tiberius standing right, driving a triumphal quadriga with two horses facing right and two left, holding an eagle-tipped scepter, laurel branch, and reins.

Augustus, the first Roman emperor, ruled from 27 BC until his death in AD 14, and these final issues from Lugdunum were struck in the closing months of his long principate.

The triumphator is Tiberius, Augustus's stepson and adopted heir, whose Pannonian and Dalmatian campaigns earned him a triumph celebrated in Rome on 23 October AD 12, the event commemorated here as he prepared to succeed Augustus the following year.

Wonderful old cabinet tone, struck slightly off center

Attractive toning, struck slightly off center, some encrustations

Deeply toned example with light marks on the surface.

Toned, some porosity on obverse, edge marks

Bankers' marks and a spot of die rust on obverse

Toned with rough surfaces. Reverse struck slightly off center.

Handsome iridescent tone with a few light scrapes

Toned with a few minor scratches under tone and edge test cut.

Lightly toned with light porosity, some marks and scratches

Toned, light porosity, polished, a few contact marks on obverse, small mark on edge


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Denarius of AugustusRIC I 224

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