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Ex Numismatica Ars Classica

LOT 3061

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780


Augustus AR Denarius. 27 BC-AD 14.

Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?); struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / S•P•Q•R CL•V in two lines on round shield (clipeus virtutis). RIC I 42a; BMCRE 333-4 = BMCRR Gaul 128-9; RSC 294; BN 1311. 3.59gr, 21mm, 6h

Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned; minor areas of corrosion.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 815 (dealer's ticket included);
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 90, 4 June 2012, lot 323.

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