Triton XX, Lot: 629. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R • in exergue, Temple of Mars Ultor: round-domed, tetra-style temple set on podium of three steps; within, is a chariot, carrying an aquila and a miniature, galloping quadriga right. RIC I 115; RSC 280; BMCRE 389 = BMCRR Rome 4427; BN 1219-21. EF, toned, die wear and slight die shift on obverse.
From the Kallman Collection. Ex Richard Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 Janaury 2008), lot 807; G. Hirsch 180 (24 November 1993), lot 571.