Calicó Plate Coin

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 821. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.84 g, 7h). Spanish mint - Tarraco. Struck 17-16 BC. S • P • Q • R • CAESARI AVGVSTO, bare head right / VOT • P • SVSC • PRO • SAL • ET • RED • I • O • M • SACR •, Mars, helmeted, naked except for chlamys hanging from shoulders over left arm, standing left, holding vertical vexillum in right hand and parazonium in left over shoulder. RIC I 149a; Calicó 298 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 437 = BMCRR Rome 4458; BN 1240-1. Near EF, underlying luster. Rare.