209, Lot: 319. Estimate $300. Sold for $752. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Augustus, radiate, seated left, feet on stool, holding branch and scepter; altar before / Large S • C. RIC I 49 (Tiberius). VF, brown patina, minor porosity. Rare.

It is thought that the figure of Augustus is based on a statue erected before the Theater of Marcellus by Livia in AD 22. A restitution issue based on this type was minted during the reign of Titus (cf. RIC II 399-403).