Augustus AR Denarius. Rome, 13 BC. C. Marius C.f. Tro(mentina tribu), moneyer. AVGVSTVS, bare head to right; lituus behind / C•MARIVS•C•F TRO•III•VIR, galloping quadriga to right, bearing an upright palm branch. RIC I 399; BMCRE 101; BN 517; RSC 456. 3.78g, 24mm, 8h.
Good Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Scarce; rated R2 by RIC, and one of the very finest examples of the type offered at auction in the past 20 years, surpassed only by the Alba Longa specimen.
Acquired from Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH.