384, Lot: 536. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.62 g, 5h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head right, wearing oak wreath / [D]IVVS • IVLIVS across field, comet with eight rays and tail upward. RIC I 37a; RSC 98. Near VF, porous surfaces, a few minor marks.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 115 (25 May 2005), lot 355; Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 1386.