Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1372. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.72 g, 2h). Rome mint. Struck 16 BC. C. Antistius Vetus, moneyer. C • ANTISTIVS [• VETV]S • III • VIR, diademed and draped bust of Venus right / IMP CAESAR AVGV S, COS/XI in two lines above and below, simpulum and lituus above, tripod and patera below. RIC I 368; RSC 348a; BMCRE 98 note; BN 368 var. (AVGV). Good VF, lightly toned, obverse a little off center. Very rare variety with AVGVS. ($750)