449, Lot: 518. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / Round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R •/ CL • V in two lines. RIC I 42a; RSC 294. Iridescent tone, a pair of bankers’ marks on obverse, a few shallow cleaning marks under tone. Good VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 5 (1 February 2014), lot 627.