Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1254. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.11 gm). Rome mint. Struck 18 BC. T. Quinctius Crispinus Sulpicianus, moneyer. OB/CIVIS/SERVATOS in three lines across field; inner laurel wreath flanked by laurel branches / Legend around large S C. RIC I 329; BMCRE 181; Cohen 510. VF, green patina, some smoothing in fields. Very rare. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

T. Quinctius Crispinus Sulpicianus, whom the poet-historian Velleius Paterculus described as "concealing a singular immorality with a stern brow," was a member of one of the obscure noble families which Augustus revived into prominence. In 9 BC he became consul ordinarius along with Nero Claudius Drusus. Implicated by Augustus to the Senate in 2 BC as one of Julia's numerous lovers, he was punished with banishment.