Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 5h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. Laureate head right / Mars, holding spear and parazonium, standing left on low pedestal inscribed S • P • Q • R/ V • PR RE/ CAES in three lines. RIC I 351; RSC 463a. Iridescent toning, bankers' marks, shallow flan crack on reverse. Good VF.