Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 708. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (4.07 g, 7h). Rome mint. M. Durmius, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / M • DVRMIVS III • VIR, wild boar standing right, pierced through by a spear, its front legs thrust forward. RIC I 317; RSC 430; BMCRE 61-2 = BMCRR Rome 4567-8; BN 207-11. Near EF, toned, a few shallow scratches under tone, traces of deposits.