Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 676. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (12.08 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 27-26 BC. IMP • CAESAR, bare head right; lituus before / AVGV-STVS across field, six stalks of grain tied in a bundle. RIC I 490; Sutherland Group IIIg, - (O5/R- [unlisted rev. die]); RSC 32; RPC I 2209; BMCRE 700 var. = BMCRR East 288 var. (same); BN 953. EF, deep mauve-gray toning on the obverse, gold-gray on reverse, minor flan flaw from mouth to jaw. Bold strike on both sides.