316, Lot: 251. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Imperial. Uncertain tribe. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.63 g, 1h). After an issue of Augustus from an uncertain Italian mint, circa 29-27 BC. CAESAR (S retrograde) COS VI, bare head right; lituus behind / AEGVPTO CAPTA, crocodile right. For prototype: RIC I 275a; RSC 2. Good Fine, scrape or banker’s mark on crocodile. Interesting contemporary imitation.