Interesting Imitation Muling Two Rare Types

291, Lot: 356. Estimate $100. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.02 g, 2h). Contemporary imitation of two Rome mint issues. Struck after 13 BC. [AVGVSTVS DI]-VI F LVDO SAE, herald, wearing feathered helmet and long robes, standing left, holding winged caducus and round shield / [C MA]RIVS • TRO III VIR, diademed and draped bust of Julia, as Diana, right, with quiver over shoulder. Cf. RIC I 340/403 (for obv./rev.). VF.

A highly interesting mule combining the obverse and reverse of two rare types. For the prototypes, see here for obverse and here for reverse.

While there are no visible breaks in the plating, we must allow for the possibility of this being a fourrée.