Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 698. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.96 g, 11h). Rome mint. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / P PETRON • TVRPILIAN • III • VIR, winged Siren standing left, holding a flute in raised right hand and another flute in left hand at her side. RIC I 296; RSC 490; BMCRE 27-8; BN 154-6. VF, toned, several banker’s marks on obverse, causing a slight wave to flan. Rare.