Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 827. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.98 g, 5h). Rome mint. L. Lentulus, moneyer. Struck 12 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right / L • LENTVLVS • FLAMEN MARTIALIS, two figures standing facing: on left, figure (Divus Julius Caesar?), holding Victory in right hand and transverse spear in left; on right, figure (Augustus), with right hand, places star on half-clad figure on left and with left, holds round shield inscribed C • V set on round ground. RIC I 415; RSC 419; BMCRE 124-5 = BMCRR Rome 4674-5; BN 555-9. Good VF, toned, area of flat strike on reverse. Very rare.