| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1821 Price realized: 4,800 CHF (Approx. 5,448 USD / 5,035 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.70 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Pannonia (?), circa 12 BC. CA-ES-AR• Youthful bare head of Augustus to right; all within oak wreath. Rev. AVG-VST• Candalabrum decorated with ram's heads; all within a floral wreath entwined with two bucrania and three paterae. BMC 684. Cohen 2. RIC 540. Beautifully toned and of splendid style. The obverse struck from a slightly worn die as usual, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Leu 3, 27 October 2018, 217, Hess-Divo 332, 31 May 2017, 87, Classical Numismatic Group 94, 18 September 2013, 94, Numismatica Genevensis 7, 27 November 2012, 330 and Münzen & Medaillen FPL 482, October 1985, 26. There has been some dispute over the dating of this enigmatic issue, which portrays Augustus with an unusually juvenile face. It has traditionally been connected to the ludi saeculares in 17 BC, but more recent research indicates that it may have been struck in 12 BC in Pannonia to pay the Danubian legions after the sudden decease of their beloved leader, Agrippa. Starting price: 1000 CHF |  |
