CNG 91, Lot: 857. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Bare head left / Temple of Mars Ultor: statue of Mars, holding aquila and trophy, standing left within tetrastyle temple with ornate domed roof. RIC I 39b; ACIP 4044; RSC –. Good VF, toned, light scratch in field under tone on obverse. Very rare variety with head left.

Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 536.