Pedigreed to 1913
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R/ CL • V in two lines. RIC I 42a; RSC 294; BMCRE 333-4 = BMCRR Gaul 128-9; BN 1311-5; CNR VII, 794/3 (
this coin). EF, attractive cabinet tone.
From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, October 1992; Ex Tkalec & Rauch 1 (15 April 1985), lot 194; Ernst Herzfelder Collection (Egger XLIII, 14 April 1913), lot 265.