Triton XVII, Lot: 626. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR [AV]GVSTVS, bare head right / OB CIVIS above, SERVATOS below, oak wreath enclosing round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R/CL • V in two lines. RIC I 79a; RSC 215; BMCRE 381-2 = BMCRR Rome 4393-4; BN 1144-9. EF, handsome cabinet toning, slightly iridescent, minor die flaws.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24909.