Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 704. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.81 g, 1h). Rome mint. M. Durmius, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. M • DVRMI[V]S • III • VIR • HONORI, head of Honos right / AVGVSTVS above, CAESAR in exergue, Augustus driving biga of elephants left, holding laurel branch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 311; RSC 427; BMCRE 52-4 = BMCRR Rome 4560-2; BN 191-5. VF, deeply toned, minor porosity, banker’s mark on neck, tiny edge chip.

Ex Domus Julia Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 81, 18 September 1995), lot 182.