Two AEGYPTO CAPTA Denarii

Triton XIX, Lot: 476. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Uncertain Italian mint. Struck 28 BC. CAESAR COS [VI], bare head right; lituus to left / AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below, crocodile standing right. RIC I 275a; RSC 2; BMCRE 650-1 = BMCRR East 243-4; BN 905-6 (Ephesus). Near EF, lightly toned.