Triton XIX, Lot: 471. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.76 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. CAESAR • AVG[V ST]VS • TR • POT, laureate head right / L • MESCINIVS • RVFVS III VIR, cippus inscribed IMP/ CAES/ AVG/ LVD/ SAEC in five lines; XV SF across field. RIC I 355; RSC 461; BMCRE –; BN 339. Good VF, toned, minor marks, areas of light porosty. Very rare.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs Collection, acquired from John Jencek, January 2010.