412, Lot: 457. Estimate $750. Sold for $1527. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.72 g, 7h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 20-19 BC. Laureate head right / Rectangular altar inscribed FORT • RED/ CAES • AVG •/ S • P • Q • R in three lines. RIC I 54a; RSC 104; BMCRE 359a = BMCRR Rome 4443; BN 1345-8. Good VF, toned.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 94 (6 October 2016), lot 51; Helios 1 (17 April 2008), lot 409.