Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 822. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.77 g, 6h). 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 cradled in left against shoulder. RIC I 150a; RSC 325; BMCRE 438-9 = BMCRR Rome 4459-60; BN 1242-5. Good VF, toned. Rare.