Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 703. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (4.00 g, 10h). Rome mint. L. Aquillius Florus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / L • AQVILLIVS • FLORVS • III • VIR •, open flower, displaying six petals, stamen, and pistil. RIC I 309; RSC 364; BMCRE 46-8 = BMCRR Rome 4553-5; BN 183-5. EF, wonderful gray and iridescent toning, an area of flat strike along edge. An amazing portrait. Rare.

Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 November 1994), lot 158; Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 December 1985), lot 328.