| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 414 Price realized: 9,500 GBP (Approx. 12,034 USD / 11,080 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Augustus AV Aureus. Lugdunum, 15-13 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, bare head to right / Bull butting to right, left foreleg raised, lashing his tail; IMP•X in exergue. RIC I 166a; Lyon 18; BMCRE 450 = BMCRR Gaul 162; Calicó 212; BN 1372. 7.96g, 20mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 53, 7 February 2019, lot 684; Ex P.P. Collection. The charging bull or heifer is a reference from the famous type of Thurium, a city to which the family of Augustus had a connection: Suetonius relates that Gaius Octavius, Augustus' natural father, defeated a Spartacist army near the town. Due to the high regard in which the family was held in the town, Augustus had been given the surname Thurinus at birth, and thus the type primarily represents a deeply personal allusion to the emperor and his father Gaius Octavius. Estimate: 7500 GBP |  |
