Triton XVIII, Lot: 987. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Colonia Patricia(?) mint. Struck circa 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / SIGNIS above, RECEPTIS below, S P Q R around, round shield inscribed CL • V; aquila and signum flanking. RIC I 86a; RSC 265; BMCRE 417-9 = BMCRR Rome 4397-9; BN 1132-6; Kampmann 12 (this coin). EF, iridescent tone, a few marks under tone, areas of minor porosity, traces of die rust, a few die breaks.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 319.