Triton XVIII, Lot: 989. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.79 g, 5h). Colonia Patricia(?) mint. Struck 17-16 BC. S P Q R CAES[ARI] AVGVSTO, bare head right / VOT • P • SV[SC • PRO • S]AL • ET • RED • I • OM • SACR •, Mars, nude but for sagum from shoulders over left arm, standing left on ground line, holding vexillum in right hand and cradling parazonium in left. RIC I 150a; RSC 325; BMCRE 438-9 = BMCRR Rome 4459-60; BN 1242-5. EF, attractive gray cabinet tone, traces of die rust on obverse, a few shallow scratches on reverse under tone.

From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 March 1989.