426, Lot: 463. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.9mm, 3.86 g, 9h). Uncertain Italian mint (Brundisium or Rome?). Struck circa 29-27 BC. Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath and palm frond / Augustus standing in ornamented slow quadriga right, holding branch and reins. RIC I 264; RSC 115. VF, toned, small banker’s marks on both sides, some light scratches.

From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Antioch Associates, 26 March 2001, no. B33-146.