Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 688. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.92 g, 9h). Emerita mint. P. Carisius, legate. Struck circa 25-23 BC. IMP • CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / P CARISIVS LEG PRO PR, trophy of Celtiberian arms, consisting of helmet, cuirass, shield, and javelins, erected on heap of round shields, lances, and other arms. RIC I 5; RSC 403; BMCRE 283 var. = BMCRR Spain 116 var. (same); BN 1055. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.