Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1341. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[AUGUSTUS] Forger's die. After 27 BC. Bronze, diameter of face 23mm, overall diameter 34mm, length of shank 49mm (233.40 gm). Negative impression of the reverse of a denarius of Augustus from uncertain mint: Capricorn right, holding globe and rudder, cornucopiae on its back. For type, cf. RIC I 541. VF, green and brown patina, some minor encrustation. ($3000)