Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 727. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS AUGUSTUS. Died 14 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.61 g, 7h). Thracian mint. Restitution issue struck under Titus, 80-81 AD. Augustus, radiate, seated left, holding laurel-branch over altar, and sceptre / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, REST above large S C across field. RIC II 184 (Titus); Komnick Type 2.0 (V-/R4; unlisted obv. die); RPC II 511; BMCRE 261 (Titus) var. (chair); Cohen 548. Near VF, green patina with orange overtones, light overall roughness on obverse, minor smoothing in reverse fields. ($300)