1089.  QUINCTILIUS  VARUS, under Augustus.  27 BC-14  AD. Æ As  (10.98 gm). Struck  ca 15-10 BC. Lyons. 

Laureate  head of  Augustus right, countermark: monogram C.VAL in quadrilateral incuse.
Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, flanked by Victories on columns; countermark: VAR monogram in quadrilateral incuse. 

RIC I 230; BMCRE 550; Cohen 240; countermarks: BN 1537 and 1525.
Very rare.

CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 1089.
Ex Italo Vecchi Auction 7 (6-7 October 1997), lot 1133.

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