Triton XX, Lot: 628. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. S P Q R PAR[ENT] above, CONS • SVO below,
toga picta over
tunica palmata flanked on left by aquila and on right by wreath / CAESAR[I] above, AVGVST[O] in exergue, triumphal quadriga advancing right, ornamented with one Victory and surmounted by a small galloping quadriga. RIC I 99; RSC 78b; BMCRE 399 = BMCRR Rome 4437; BN 1187-90. Good VF, toned.
From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Morton & Eden 68 (10 June 2014), lot 108 .