Triton XVI, Lot: 1006. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, head right, wearing oak wreath / DIVVS IVLIVS, eight-rayed comet with tail upwards. RIC I 37a; RSC 98; BMCRE 323-5 = BMCRR Gaul 135-7; ACIP 4039; BN 1292-7. Good VF, toned.

From the AK Collection, purchased from Kricheldorf, 1960.