15-10 BC., Augustus, Lugdunum mint, Æ As, RIC 230 var.
Augustus, Lugdunum mint (Lyon), 15-10 BC.,
Æ As (27-28 mm / 10,01 g),
Obv.: CAESAR - PONT MAX , laureate head of Augustus right.
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, one countermark "TIB round" on the opper part of the reverse ("TIB round" -type, an abbreviation of Tiberius).
RIC I 230 var. ; BMC 550 var. ; CBN 1485 var. ; Coh. 209 var. ; for countermark: Martini Pangerl Collection no. 29, usually found on Lugdunum As.
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.