Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. [AVGVSTVS] DIVI • F, laureate head right / IMP • XIIII in exergue, on right, Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated left on curule chair set on low daïs, extending his right hand toward a cloaked Gaul or German on left, standing right, presenting a child held out in both hands toward Augustus. RIC I 201a; Lyon 65; RSC 175; BMCRE 493-5 = BMCRR Gaul 216-8; BN 1453-5. Good VF, toned, traces of die rust on obverse.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection, acquired from Classical Numismatic Group, March 1995.
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