Triton XIX, Lot: 465. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.96 g, 9h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / P • PETRON • TVRPILIAN • III • VIR, winged Siren standing left, holding a flute in raised right hand and another flute in left hand at her side. RIC I 296; RSC 490; BMCRE 27-8 = BMCRR Rome 4540-1; BN 154-6. Near EF, toned, traces of deposits. Very rare, especially in this grade.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection.