Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 722. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.67 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 16 BC. C. Cassius Celer, moneyer. OB/CIVIS/SERVATOS in three lines across field; inner laurel wreath flanked by laurel branches / Large S C. RIC I 374; BMCRE 165; Cohen 407. VF, olive and green patina with traces of brick-red, areas of minor roughness. ($300)