Reverse: Apollo with lyre

Obverse: Head of Augustus

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Lugdunum
Material: Gold
Denomination: Aureus
Issuing Authority: Augustus
Actual Weight: 7.82 g.
Date: exact 11 BC - exact 9 BC
Dimensions: 20 mm.
Region: Gaul
Period: Augustan


Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, Apollo, dressed as a citharoedus, standing profile to the right, holding a plectrum in his right hand and a lyre in his left

Donor: In memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial aureus

Sources Used: BMCRE I, 82, no. 481