Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 982. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (19.97 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 35-36. Statue of Augustus, holding branch and scepter, seated left on throne set on ornate car drawn by four elephants; each elephant has its own mahout / Legend around large S C. RIC I 62 (Tiberius). Good VF, apple-green patina, minor roughness in places. Well struck for issue.

Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1267.