Two Seldom Offered Types

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 768. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.71 g, 4h). Spanish mint - Tarraco. Struck circa 19 BC. CAESAR [AVGVS]TVS, bare head right / S • P • [Q • R] across fields, Victory flying right, holding in both hands a round shield inscribed CL • V, and laurel branch in right. RIC I 89; RSC 289c; BMCRE 408 = BMCRR Rome 4386; BN 1125-6. Near EF, toned. Rare.