Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.74 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa 17 BC. CA ES AR •, youthful, bare head right; all within oak wreath / AVG VST •, candelabrum, ornamented with rams' heads and surmounted by a crescent; all within a floral wreath entwined with two bucrania and two pateras. RIC I 540; RSC 2 (Caius Caesar); BMCRE 684-5; BN 1013-6. Toned, thin scratch on obverse. Good VF. Rare.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex CNG inventory 704982 (February 1998); Hamburger (29 May 1929), lot 531.