CNG 96, Lot: 739. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.22 g, 5h). Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head left, wearing oak wreath / Comet of eight rays with tail upward. RIC I 37b; RSC 97. VF, darkly toned, some porosity, cleaning marks under tone.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12766.