★ Rare Sestertius of Augustus ★

Augustus 27 BC-AD 14. Struck circa AD 10-14. Lugdunum (Lyon)
Sestertius Æ

33mm., 24,16g.

[CAESAR] AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right / ROM ET AVG, the Altar of Lugdunum: altar enclosure with panels decorated with corona civica flanked by figures holding laurel branches, decoration along roofline, altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder and wreath in right hand.

nearly very fine

RIC I 231a; BMCRE 565; BN 1695-1706. From The Tareq Hani collection