CNG - QUINCTILIUS VARUS. AE As. Altar of Lyon
$291.00
10/13/99,
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     P. Quinctilius Varus (Augustus). 27 BC-14 AD. Æ As (10.20 gm).
     Struck circa 15-10 BC; countermark applied after 9 BC. Lugdunum
     mint. CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right; countermark: VAR
     monogram / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum,
     decorated with the corona civica between laurels, these being
     flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on
     columns, facing one another. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550; BN 1623; Cohen
     240; c/m: Michael Grünwald, Die Römischen Bronze- und
     Kupfermünzen mit Schalgmarken im Legionslager Vindonissa 69. Coin
     Fine, c/m VF. 716295