Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 852. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $730. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.78 g, 3h). Rome mint. Struck 13 BC. C. Marius C.f. Tromentina, moneyer. Bare head right; lituus behind / Augustus standing left, veiled and togate, holding simpulum and lituus. RIC I 398 var. (no lituus); BMCRE 100; RSC 455 var. (same). Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, partial flat strike. Rare. ($1000)

Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 64, 24 September 2003), lot 956.