116, Lot: 197. Estimate $150. Sold for $156. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 17.08 g). Rome mint. Struck 17 BC. P. Licinius Stolo, moneyer. Laurel wreath flanked by laurel branches; c/m: APRON in incuse rectangle / Legend around SC; c/m: APRON in incuse rectangle. RIC I 345; BMCRE 195; see BMCRE pg. xxxii for countermarks; Cohen 441. Fair, patina stripped.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

BMC records this counterstamp on Augustan sestertii issued by three moneyers; Lupercus, Crispinus and Sanquinius. None are recorded on the sestertii issued by P. Licinius Stolo. See CNG 57, lot 1031 for another countermarked sestertius from this moneyer.