Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.69 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Pannonia (?), about 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 with a very sensitive portrait. A few light scratches and with a small the break on the obverse, otherwise, almost extremely fine. Ex Leu 13, 27 May 2023, 306, Numismatica Ars Classica 101, 24 October 2017, 76, Künker 71, 12 March 2002, 671, and Coin Galleries MBS, 29 April 1976, 1042. 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 decadese of their beloved leader Agrippa. This lot can be shipped to a US address.