Watch List notes:

August (27 BC-14 AD). AR Denarius, c. 28 BC. D/ Bare head right. R/ Mercury as lyrist, seated right on rock, petasus slung behind; CAESAR-DIVI F across field. RIC 257; B. (Julia) 116. AR. g. 3.80 mm. 20.50 An appealing and interesting type. Superb portrait. Very minor banker's mark and almost invisible graffito on obverse. VF.

Mercury was the inventor of the lyre and the protector of commerce. This may refer to the restoration of commerce to Italy after the battle of Naulochus. (RSC I, p. 135, 61 note).