Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 17-16 BC. S • P • Q • R • CAESAR[I] AVGVSTO, bare head right / VOT • P • SVSC • PRO • SAL • ET • RED [• I • O • M • SACR], Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak hanging from shoulders over left arm, standing left, head right, holding vertical vexillum in right hand and parazonium in left hand over left shoulder. RIC I 148 corr. (obv. legend); RSC 321; BMCRE 441 = BMCRR Rome 4462; BN 1236-8. Deeply toned, banker's mark on obverse, shallow scratches under tone. VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 1401.