Watch List notes:

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.41 g, 2h). Rome mint; P. Licinius Stolo, moneyer. Struck 17 BC. AVGVSTVS TR • POT, Augustus, laureate, wearing cloak and short tunic, on horseback riding right, holding patera in right hand / P • STOLO above, III • VIR below, flamen's cap (apex flaminis) between two studded oval shields (ancilia) and pinched in the middle. RIC I 344; RSC 439; BMCRE 76 = BMCRR Rome 4594; BN 300-1. Near EF, darkly toned, areas of porosity and cleaning marks under tone, some chipping at edge. Extremely rare.


From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 390.