Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 919. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $1060. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.70 gm). Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. Head right, wearing oak wreath / Victory flying right, holding wreath over inscribed shield; column behind. RIC I 94 (bare head right); RSC 289 var. (same). Toned VF, banker's mark on obverse, minor encrustation on reverse. An apparently unique and unpublished variety. ($750)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.