Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 537. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.82 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa 18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / DIVVS • IVLIVS, comet with eight rays and tail. RIC I 102; RSC 98; BMCRE 357; BN -. EF, lightly toned, traces of deposits. Excellent silver quality.

From the Norman Frank Collection.