Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 728. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.85 g, 7h). Spanish mint - Emerita. Struck 19-18 BC. Head left, wearing oak wreath / [C]AESAR above, AVGVSTVS below, S P Q R around, round shield inscribed CL • V; two laurel branches (or trees) flanking. RIC I 36b; RSC 53; BMCRE 322 = BMCRR Gaul 143; cf. BN 1333-6 (for rev. type). Good VF, toned, areas of micro-granularity. Very rare.