Triton XVII, Lot: 624. Estimate $2000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / OB/CIVIS/SERVATOS in three lines within oak wreath with wreath ties drawn upward. RIC I 77a; RSC 208; BMCRE 378-80 = BMCRR Rome 4391-2; BN 1154-61. EF, old, gray cabinet tone, minor reverse die break. Well centered.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24908.