Extremely Rare Dynastic Denarius

454, Lot: 332. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.39 g, 10h). Dynastic issue. Rome mint; C. Marius C.f. Tro(mentina tribu), moneyer. Struck 13 BC. AV[GVSTVS] DIVI • F, bare head right; all within oak wreath / C • MARIVS • TR O below, III VIR above, bare heads right of Lucius, Julia, and Caius; wreath above Julia. RIC I 405; RSC 2 (Caius, Lucius, Julia, and Augustus); BMCRE 108-9 = BMCRR Rome 4648-9; BN 529. Toned, the obverse is corroded and grades Near Fine. Near Fine/Good VF. The reverse exhibits three clear portraits. Extremely rare.

Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection.
One cannot overstate the rarity of this important coin type. Just five listings are seen in CoinArchives, including this coin. Minted as part of the dynastic series, this coin, when it appears at all, is almost always seen with problems. This is a rare opportunity to acquire this important type which was missing from the Gasvoda Collection.