Triton XVIII, Lot: 1003. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 13.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. SALVS • AVGVSTA below, bareheaded and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) as Salus Augusta right, wearing waved hair and fastened in a knot at the back / TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • F • AVG • P M • TR • POT • XXIIII • around large S • C. RIC I 47 (Tiberius); BMCRE 81-4 (Tiberius); BN 63-7 (Tiberius). VF, green-brown patina, some red, minor roughness, earthen deposits, a few edge imperfections and an edge nick.

From the RAM Collection, purchased from R. M. Smythe, November 1999.