330, Lot: 311. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.96 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Vinicius, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Equestrian statue of Augustus riding right on a low square pedestal inscribed S • P • Q • R/IMP/CAES in three lines; all before city wall with arched entrance / Cippus inscribed S • P • Q • R/IMP • CAE/QVOD • V/M • S • EX/EA • P • QIS/AD • A • DE in six lines. RIC I 362; RSC 543. VF, toned, a few cleaning marks. Scarce type.

Equestrian statues of Augustus were erected near the Porta Flaminia, outside the city. The obverse of this coin may represent one of them.