Watch List notes:

AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia), issued c.18 B.C. (3.86 g), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right around CAESARI AVGVSTO, rev. domed hexastyle temple of Mars Ultor, containing legionary eagle between two standards, across MAR VLT, (S.1623, RIC 105a, RSC 190, BMC 373). Attractive cabinet toning, traces of hoard patination, good very fine and rare.

Ex Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 1974.