Triton XXII, Lot: 980. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. S • P • Q • R • PAREN above, CONS • SV[O] below, toga picta over tunica palmata flanked on left by aquila and on right by wreath / CAESAR[I] above, AVGVSTO 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. Near EF, lustrous.