Augustus AR Denarius. Q. Rustius, moneyer. Rome, circa 19/18 BC. Q•RVS[TIVS•FO]RTVNAE, jugate busts of Fortuna Victrix wearing round helmet and Fortuna Felix, diademed; ANTIAT in exergue / CAESARI•AVG[VSTO], ornamented rectangular altar inscribed FOR•RE; EX•SC in exergue. RIC 322; RSC 513. 3.66g, 20mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine; blue and gold iridescence around devices. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer;
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG.
Ex Dutch private collection;
Acquired in October 1996 from the company Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück;
Previously copy of the auction Giessener Münzhandlung 33, Munich 1986, no. 336.