Achaemenid Empire (Time of Darios I to Xerxes II
Toned over underlying proof brilliance
Davies 522
"Rose" Ryal of Ten Shillings
69g (KM 108
Augustus, Silver Denarius Achaemenid Empire (Time of DariosAugustus (27 B. C. A. D. 14), Silver Denarius. Mint of Lugdunum, struck 2 B. C. A. D. 4. [CA]ESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRI[AE], laureate head facing right, rev. C L CAESARE[S] (in exergue), AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, both togate, standing facing, each with a spear and a shield, a lituus and a simpulum above, 3. 84g. (RIC 210; BMC 540). With an unusual and bold portrait for this issue, broad flan, lightly toned, about