Tiberius. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.73 g, 7h). "Tribute Penny" type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Group 6, AD 36-37. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head right; long, parallel ribbons, caricature portrait / PONTIF MΛXIM, Livia (as Pax) seated right on chair, feet on footstool, holding scepter in right hand and olive branch in left; ornate chair legs, single line below. RIC I 29; Lyon 153; Calicó 305c; BMCRE 46-7; cf. BN 26-34; Biaggi 170; Mazzini 15. In NGC encapsulation 6330208-003, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, brushed. Lovely portrait. Ex Gadoury (30 October 2020), lot 162.
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