Augustus Restored

Triton XIX, Lot: 2189. Estimate $20000. Sold for $90000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.20 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Augustus. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, crocodile standing right. RIC II 819; Woytek 854; Komnick 56.0; Calicó 301; Biaggi –; BMCRE pl. 23, 20. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only four noted by Woytek, three of which are in museums (Berlin, Paris, and Rome).

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 728495 (November 2001); Antiqva X (2001), no. 116.