Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 823. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.80 g, 7h). Spanish mint - Tarraco. Struck 17-16 BC. S • P • Q • R • CAESARI before, AVGVSTO behind, bare head left / 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 150b; RSC 326; cf. BMCRE p. 76, note = BMCRR Rome p. 39, note; BN 1242-5 var. (head right). EF, toned. Amazing portrait. Very rare with head left.