Triton XVII, Lot: 601. Estimate $1500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.81 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head right; CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Curule chair surmounted by wreath and inscribed CÆS(AR) • DIC • PER. Crawford 497/2a; CRI 137; Sydenham 1322; Kestner 3763 var. (placement of obv. legend); BMCRR Gaul 76-8; RSC 55. EF, toned. Well centered and boldly struck.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22831.