Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.90 g, 1h). 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. Minor marks, small scrape on obverse. Near EF. Excellent portrait.