15-10 BC., Augustus, Lugdunum mint, Æ As, RIC 230 var.
Augustus, Lugdunum mint (Lyon), 15-10 BC.,
Æ As (24-25 mm / 9,74 g),
Obv.: [CAESAR - PONT MAX] , laureate head of Augustus right; countermark "TIB Square" in square form (Martini Pangerl Collection 50) .
Rev.: ROM ET [AVG] , front elevation of the Roma-Augustus-Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another.
RIC I 230 var. ; BMC 550 var. ; CBN 1485 var. ; Coh. 209 var. ; for countermark: Martini Pangerl Collection 50 .
The countermark "TIB Square" in square form is most seen on Lugdunum II As and probably from Germania Inferior (Noviomagus ? / Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum - modern Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands - the modern name Nijmegen is a direct translation) (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection 50).
The reverse of this coin features the celebrated Altar of Lugdunum which had been dedicated by Augustus on August 1st, 10 BC.
Am 1. August jeden Jahres feierten die 60 civitates der drei Gallien an diesem Altar ein Fest, mit dem sie ihre Reichstreue bestätigten. Der Altar war im Jahre 12 v. Chr. von Drusus errichtet worden.