Triton XVIII, Lot: 1002. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.49 g, 6h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Struck under Nerva, AD 98. DIVVS • ΛV GVSTVS, laureate head of Divus Augustus right / IMP • NERVΛ CΛESAR • AVGVSTVS • REST • around large S • C. RIC II 136 (Nerva); Komnick 4.0 (Nerva); BMCRE 149-152 (Nerva); BN 141-3 (Nerva). VF, dark green patina, some red, minor roughness and cleaning marks, traces of deposits.

From the RAM Collection, purchased from Lucien Birkler, June 1989.