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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1013

Roman Empire, Augustus (27 BC - AD 14), AV Aureus, 2 BC - AD 4, Lugdunum, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right, rev. AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar togate, standing facing, each resting hand on shield, spears behind, lituus and simpulum above, C L CAESARES in exergue, 7.72g, 2h (Cohen 42; BMCRE 513-518; RIC I², 206; BN 1648; Giard 81; Biaggi 93; Calicó 176; Vagi 264), a scuff to rim at 5 o'clock and even circulation wear, otherwise a broader striking on a rich yellow-gold flan, strictly fine, but very rare as a contextualised British find

Provenance

Found in East Lindsey District (Lincolnshire), 2 October 2018

~ Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ref. LEIC-35CCA5 ~

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Sold for
£3,000

Starting price
£2000