Triton XVII, Lot: 622. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.74 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head left / Round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R/CL • V in two lines. RIC I 42b; RSC 293; BMCRE 335 = BMCRR Gaul 130; BN 1316-9. Good VF, wonderful, iridescent cabinet toning, a few faint scratches under tone. Well centered on a broad, round flan. Exceptional.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 964.