Triton XIX, Lot: 456. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.72 g, 8h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right / [M]AR VLT across field, Temple of Mars Ultor: round-domed, hexastyle temple with acroteria set on podium of three steps; within, aquila between two signa. RIC I 105a; RSC 190; BMCRE 373-4 = BMCRR Rome 4419-4420; BN 1202-1204. EF, toned, flan flaw on obverse.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 1392.