Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 781. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.73 g, 5h). Rome mint. L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. I • O • M/ S • P • Q • R • V • S •/PR • S • IMP • CAE/ QVOD PER EV/ R • P • IN • AMP / AT • Q • TRAV/ S • E in seven lines within oak wreath / [L • MESCINI]VS RVFVS III • VIR, cippus inscribed IMP/CAES/AVGV/COMM/CONS in five lines; S C across field. RIC I 358; RSC 462; BMCRE 91-3 = BMCRR Rome 4483-5; BN 345-6. Fine, toned. Rare.