Triton XIX, Lot: 472. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. I • O • M/ • S • P • Q • R • V • S/ PR S • IMP • CAE/ QVOD • PER EV/ R • P • IN • AMP / AT • Q • TRAV/ S • E in seven lines within oak wreath / L • MESCINIVS RVFVS • III • VIR, cippus inscribed IMP/ CAES/ AVGV/ COMM/ CONS in five lines; S C across field. RIC I 358; RSC 462; BMCRE 91-3 = BMCRR Rome 4483-5; BN 345-6. EF, iridescent tone. Rare, and better than all examples in CoinArchives.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Vecchi 9 (4 December 1997), lot 120.