Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.83 g, 2h). Rome mint; P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / TVRPILIANVS • III • VIR •, six-rayed star above large crescent. RIC I 300; RSC 495; BMCRE 32-4; BN 161-6. Lightly toned, minor porosity. Good VF.
Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Estate (Classical Numismatic Group 103, 14 September 2016), lot 804; Gorny & Mosch 233 (6 October 2015), lot 2285.
A star within a crescent moon appears above Tarpeia on the prototype of L. Titurius Sabinus.
