Triton XIX, Lot: 464. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.98 g, 6h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. • TVRPILIAN[VS] III • VIR •, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing pearl necklace and stephane, above which is a row of berries; FE RON below bust / CAESAR AV GVSTVS • SIGN • RECE •, bareheaded Parthian kneeling on right knee to right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked with X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 15-17 = BMCRR Rome 4526-8; BN 127-137. Choice EF, wonderful dark gray, slightly iridescent cabinet tone, a few minor marks under tone.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 863.