Lot 82
Rome. Tiberius, 14-37AD. AR Denarius (3.93 g), Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, after 16 AD. Laureate head of Tiberius right. Reverse: Livia (?) as Pax, enthroned right in simple chair on elevated base, and holding branch and scepter; PONTIF MAXIM. RIC 26; BMCRE 34; RSC 16; C. 16. Finely struck on oversized flan. Portrait of fine quality for the series; the reverse of exceptional style, and rarely any finer in his silver. Artistic old toning. Perhaps struck from gold coin (aureus) dies. NGC graded About Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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| Realized $5,750 |
