Watch List notes:

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck 19-18 BC. Bare head right / OB CIVIS above, SERVATOS below, round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R/ CL • V in two lines within oak wreath. RIC I 79a; RSC 215. Lustrous, some faint hairlines on obverse. EF.

Ex Heritage 3030 (5 January 2014), lot 23919.

The reverse of this attractive denarius depicts both the Clippus Virtutis, or "shield of Valor," and the Corona Civica, or "Civic Crown," both voted by the Senate to honor Augustus as the savior of the state.