Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 851. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.88 g, 10h). Rome mint. Struck 18 BC. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath / Parthian kneeling right, presenting standard. RIC I 287; BMCRE 10; RSC 485. Good VF, light toning, struck on a broad flan. Exceptional reverse. ($750)

The reverse celebrates the return of the standards lost by Crassus in 54 BC.