Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 986. Closing Date: Jan 
      10, 2005. DIVUS AUGUSTUS. Died 14 AD. Æ 
      Sestertius (27.90 gm, 1h). Rome mint. Struck 
      under Tiberius, 35-36 AD. Estimate $1500 Sold 
      For $1600 

    DIVUS AUGUSTUS. Died 14 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.90 
    gm, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, 35-36 
    AD. DIVO/AVGVSTO/S P Q R in left field, statue of 
    Augustus seated left on throne, holding laurel 
    branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand, set 
    on ornate car drawn by four elephants; each 
    elephant has its own mahout / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F 
    AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVII, large S C across field. 
    RIC I 62 (Tiberius); MIR 2, 52-4; BMCRE 108 
    (Tiberius); BN 90 (Tiberius); Cohen 307 
    (Augustus). VF, mottled dark green and red patina, 
    minor pitting and minor smoothing in fields. Rare. 
    ($1500)

    From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Frank 
    Kovacs XII (30 November, 1995), lot 249; Nicholas 
    V. Jamgochian Collection (Peus 340, 2 November 
    1994), lot 777; George Bauer Collection 
    (Glendining's, 23 January 1963), lot 1143; M. Paul 
    Vautier and Prof. Maxime Collignon Collections 
    (Naville II, 12-14 June 1922), lot 145; Egger 
    XXXIX (15 January 1912), lot 660 (where it 
    realized RM 60).


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