Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?). Struck circa 19 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / SIGNIS to left, RECEPTIS to right, Mars, helmeted, naked except for chlamys behind, standing left, head right, holding aquila in right hand and signa cradled in left. RIC I 82a; RSC 259; BMCRE 414 = BMCRR Rome 4405; BN 1118-9. Lightly toned, obverse slightly off center. EF. Outstanding portrait.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts IV (24 March 1977), lot 548; August Voirol Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 38, 7 December 1968), lot 333; Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18 March 1936), lot 1530; Prince Waldeck Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 3, 4 March 1935), lot 1538.