Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / Oak wreath (corona civica) enclosing round shield (clypeus virtutis) inscribed S•P•Q•R CL•V in two lines; OB CIVIS above, SERVATOS below. RIC 79a; RSC 215; BMCRE 381-2 = BMCRR Rome 4393-4; BN 1147-9; FFC 162 (this coin). 3.94g, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone.
This coin published in Fernández, Fernández & Calicó, Catálogo Monográfico de los Denarios de la República Romana (Madrid, 2002);
Ex Alba Longa Collection;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 15, 18 May 1999, lot 246.