Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1336. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.80 g, 1h). Rome mint. P. Licinius Stolo, moneyer. Struck circa 17 BC. Bare head right / Apex flaminis between two studded ancilia. RIC I 343; RSC 438. Good VF, gray and colorful iridescent toning, banker’s mark and metal flaw on neck.

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