Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Rome mint; M. Durmius, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AV[GVSTVS], bare head right / M • DVRMIVS above, III • VIR in exergue, wild boar standing right, pierced through by a spear, its front legs thrust forward. RIC I 317; RSC 430; BMCRE 61-2 = BMCRR Rome 4567-8; BN 207-11. EF, toned. Amazing details on the wild boar.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Leu 54 (28 April 1992), lot 214; Numismatic Fine Arts 16 (2 December 1985), lot 329.
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