Watch List notes:

Octavian as Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD. L. Mescinius Rufus. Denarius circa 16 BC, AR 3.94 g. Laureate head r. Rev. Mars, helmeted and cloaked, holding spear and parazonium, standing l. on inscribed pedestal. C 463. RIC 351.
Light iridescent tone and good very fine

Ex CNG sale 17, 1991, 251.