Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 18 BC. CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R • in exergue, Temple of Mars Ultor: round-domed, tetra-style temple set on podium of three steps; within, is a chariot, carrying an aquila and a miniature, galloping quadriga right. RIC I 115; RSC 280; BMCRE 389 = BMCRR Rome 4427; BN 1219-21; Elkins,
Monuments Figure 53. Attractive iridescent tone, minor scratches on reverse. Near EF.
Ex Stack’s (2 December 1998), lot 152; Frederick J. Woodbridge Collection (Sotheby Zürich, 7 May 1975), lot 302.
