Watch List notes:

Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish (Tarraco?) mint, 17-16 BC. S • P • Q • R • CAESARI AVGVSTO, bare head to left / QVOD • VIAE • MVN • SVNT •, double triumphal arch set atop viaduct, ornamented with rostra and surmounted by Augustus, holding branch in right hand, crowned by Victory, who stands behind him, driving quadriga of horses to right. RIC I 145; BMCRE 434 = BMCRR Rome 4464; BN 1253-4; RSC 231. 3.84g, 20mm, 5h.

Near Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare, one of only four examples offered at auction in the past two decades, of which this is arguably the finest.

Acquired from Áureo & Calicó;
Ex Lifchuz Collection.