Arch of Augustus
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 714. Estimate $1000.
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.
Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (11.89 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 19-18 BC. IMP • IX • TR • PO • V •, bare head right / S • P • R • /SIGNIS/RECEPTIS in three lines below, Triumphal Arch of Augustus, surmounted by charioteer in facing quadriga; an aquila before each side wall; IMP • IX • TR • POT • V • on entablature. RIC I 510; Sutherland Group VII
a, - (unlisted dies); RSC 298; RPC I 2218; BMCRE 703 = BMCRR East 310; BN 982-3 and 985; CNR 809/2 (this coin). Good VF, darkly toned.
Ex Crippa FPL (1971/4), lot 362.
This Triumphal Arch of Augustus was erected to celebrate the military victory of Augustus’ armies which led to the return of the Roman standards captured by the Parthians in earlier conflicts, most notably, the catastrophe of the battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.
