CNG 96, Lot: 746. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 g, 10h). Rome mint; L. Vinicius, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Equestrian statue of Augustus riding right on pedestal inscribed S P Q R/[I]MP/[CAES]; all before city wall with arched entrance / Cippus inscribed S • P • Q • R/IMP • CAE/QVOD V/M • S • EX/EA • P • Q • IS/AD A DE in six lines. RIC I 362; RSC 543; BMCRE 82-4. VF, toned, off center.