Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Augustus. Silver Denarius (3.83 g), 27 BC-AD 14. Lugdunum, 8 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI F, laureate head of Augustus right. Reverse C CAES above, AVGVS F in exergue, Caius Caesar on horseback galloping right, holding reins and sword; behind, legionary eagle between two standards. RIC 199; Giard 69; BMC 500-2; RSC 40. Very Rare. Lustrous surfaces, virtually as struck with hints of golden iridescense. Nearly Mint State.

The reverse shows Gaius Caesar, the eldest son of Agrippa and Julia and the grandson of Augustus, in his first campaigns in Gaul - at the tender age of 12!
Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 203 (5 March 2012), 316.