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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 843. Estimate $2000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. 
Sold For $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.82 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 17 BC. P. Licinius Stolo, moneyer. AVGVSTVS TR POT, bare head right / P STOLO III VIR above and below, apex flaminis between two studded ancilia. RIC I 343; BMCRE 74 (same dies); BN 296; RSC 438. EF, minor porosity. ($2000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

This denarius refers to the ludi saeculares held in 17 BC, a series of games and sacrifices signalling the birth of a new golden age.