Triton XVIII, Lot: 996. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Sestertius (37.5mm, 24.43 g, 7h). Rome mint, C. Gallius Lupercus, triumvir monetalis. Struck 16 BC. OB above wreath, CIVIS within wreath, SERVATOS below wreath, oak wreath, flanked by laurel branches / C • GALLIVS • C • F • LVPERCVS • III • VIR • A • A • A • F • F • around large S • C. RIC I 377; Martini, Augustus 494-500; BMCRE 171 = BMCRR Rome 4508; BN 415-20. VF, green and brown patina, some earthen deposits, a few marks, minor roughness, die break on reverse.

From the RAM Collection. Ex Vecchi 9 (4 December 1997), lot 199.