Description: Augustus (27BC - 14 AD) AE As, Lugdunum mint 10-7 BC; CAESAR PONT MAX; laureate head right / Altar of Lugdunum; ROM ET AVG in ex; c/m: Q. Varus (VAR), c/m: AVG.

Diameter: AE28 mm

Weight: 9,92 g

Grade: gF/Fair c/m: gVF

Attribution: RIC 230; for Varus countermark: cf. Grünwald p. 130, type X, 69-70; BN 1623; Werz: "Gegenstempel auf Aesprägungen der frühen römischen Kaiserzeit im Rheingebiet": Untertyp 227.1/6

Commentary: very rare; from old German collection; bronze surfaces, laquered

History: Tolksdorf, Elburg and Reuter in their paper (Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 11, February 2017, Pages 400-410) used 3D laser scanning of countermarks and their wear for tracing the movement of Varus' troops.

Article Number: 008-02-05-45412