CNG 108, Lot: 562. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.83 g, 7h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. I • O • M/ • S • P • Q • R • V • S/ PR S • IMP • CAE/ QVOD • PER EV/ R • P • IN • AMP / AT • Q • TRAV/ S • E in seven lines within oak wreath / L • MESCINIVS RVFVS • III [• VIR], cippus inscribed IMP/ CAES/ AVGV/ COMM/ CONS in five lines; S C across field. RIC I 358; RSC 462. VF, toned, areas of weak strike. Rare.

Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 1331.