426, Lot: 464. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20.6mm, 3.69 g, 8h). Uncertain Italian mint. Struck circa 29-27 BC. Bare head right / IMP•CAESAR, on architrave of temple with colonnaded base; Victory on globe at apex of pediment, warriors at sides. RIC I 266; RSC 122. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, bankers’ marks and a couple of light scratches, a few spots of verdigris.

From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Review (Vol. XXII, No. 3; Fall/Winter 1997), no. 68.