Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 803. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.96 g, 6h). Spanish mint - Tarraco. Struck circa 18 BC. CAESAR[I] AVGVSTO, laureate head right / MAR VLT across field, Temple of Mars Ultor: round-domed, hexastyle temple with acroteria set on podium of three steps; within, aquila between two signa. RIC I 105a; RSC 190; BMCRE 373-4 = BMCRR Rome 4419-20; BN 1202-4. EF, toned.

This small temple, dedicated to Mars the Avenger, was situated on the Capitol and was built to house the standards recovered by Augustus from Phraates IV of Parthia.