Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1374. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.04 g, 11h). Pergamum mint. Struck circa 27-26 BC. IMP • CAESAR, bare head right head right / AVGV-STVS, six grain ears tied in a bundle. RIC I 494; Sutherland Group IVg, - (unlisted dies); RPC I 2212; BMCRE 699; RSC 32a. Superb EF, attractive dark toning. Struck from fine style dies. ($5000)

Ex Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 276.