9-14 AD., Augustus, Lugdunum mint, As, RIC 233 var.

Augustus, Lugdunum mint (Lyon), 9-14 AD., countermarked in the Germania Inferior region in legionary camps,
Æ As (25-26 mm / 10,74 g),
Obv.: [CAESAR A]VGVSTVS DIVI F PAT[ER PATRIAE] , laureate head of Augustus facing right.
Rev.: [ROM E]T AV[G] , 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; above altar countermark IMP (MP in ligature) usually on halved Nemausus As of Augustus, a type frequently found in the Germania Inferior region at legionary camps (Martini-Pangerl Collection 16).
RIC I, 58, 233 (scarce) ; AMC 378 ; BMC 94, 567 ; Giard, Lyon 97 ; H. de La Tour, LT 4693 ; Coh. 237 ; for countermark IMP (MP in ligature) (countermark Martini-Pangerl Collection 16) .