Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 643. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperial] AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.47 g, 5h). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right; c/m: MP VES in incuse rectangle / Temple of Mars Ultor: statue of Mars, holding aquila and trophy, standing left within round-domed, tetrastyle temple. RIC I 72; BMCRE -; RSC 205; for c/m: Howgego 839 and Pangerl 100. Coin: VF, toned, banker's marks, obverse scratches, flan slightly bent from countermark; c/m: VF. Rare. ($300)