343, Lot: 424. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.47 g, 5h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 20-19 BC. Laureate head left / Rectangular altar inscribed FORTVN • REDV/CAESARI • AVG •/S • P • Q • R in three lines. RIC I 56b var. (REDVC); RSC 108B. Fine, toned, banker’s marks, some light porosity. Rare.

From the Colin Kirk Collection.