Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1661. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.77 g, 6h). Spanish mint - Tarraco. Struck 19-18 BC. Laureate head left / Temple of Mars Ultor: round-domed, hexastyle temple with acroteria set on podium of three steps; within, aquila between two signa. RIC I 105b (Colonia Patricia?); RSC 192. Good VF, gray, gold, and iridescent toning, a little porous, traces of die rust on obverse, reverse struck slightly off center.