188, Lot: 308. Estimate $150. Sold for $311. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.29 g). Emerita mint. P. Carisius, legate. Struck circa 25-23 BC. Bare head left / Celt-Iberian helmet facing between dagger to left and bipennis to right. RIC I 7b; BMCRE 282; RSC 405. Near VF, toned, surfaces a bit rough, irregular flan, stress crack.

From the Richard Prideaux Collection.