Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 686. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.88 g, 5h). Emerita mint. P. Carisius, legate. Struck circa 25-23 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVST, bare head right / P • CARISIVS • LEG • PRO • PR, round shield with central boss within octagon and with studs; above, a spear-head with short shaft right; below, a curved sword with hilt closed by a bar. RIC I 3; RSC 400; BMCRE 277 = BMCRR Spain 110; BN 1029-32. Near EF, toned.

Ex Vinchon (24 November 1994), lot 402.