Pre-accession Lugdunum altar sestertius
Reference: Augustus RIC 240
Tiberius · Exact Comparable
Source location: Book IV, Chapter 5, PDF p. 30
Certified / slabbed evidence
No verified modern certified evidence published for this market.
Current fixed-price retail
No dependable active exact-type retail sample published for this market.
Raw auction
Evidence pending. Do not infer a price ladder.
Market / specialist note
Distinct from ordinary RIC 244/245 altar asses and dupondii in the existing broad pre-accession bronze lane. CNG May 2026 VF RIC 240 reached $12,000 hammer only; its buyer-inclusive total is unresolved by winning channel.
What affects this price?
Even within one ruler, denomination and type, grade, strike, centering, surfaces, style, patina, rarity, provenance, and tooling or smoothing can materially change value. These are not automatic numeric adjustments.