Ex Feirstein, von Schulthess-Rechberg, and Jameson

Triton XIX, Lot: 475. Estimate $15000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.62 g, 4h). Rome mint; Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, moneyer. Struck 12 BC. AVGVSTVS COS XI, head of Augustus right, wearing oak wreath / • M • AGRIPPΛ • COS TER • COSSVS • LENTVLVS, head of Agrippa right, wearing mural and rostral crown. RIC I 414; RSC 1 (Agrippa and Augustus–same dies); BMCRE 121 = BMCRR Rome 4671 (same dies); BN 550 (same dies); Jameson 26 (this coin). Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, cleaning scratches under tone, edge marks. Very rare.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Barry Feirstein Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 45, 2 April 2008), lot 69; Leu 71 (24 October 1997), 289; collections of Eric von Schulthess-Rechberg (ESR) (Hess-Leu, 23 March 1961), lot 41; R. Jameson Collection (Hess-Leu, 14 April 1954), lot 232.