Triton XVII, Lot: 606. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.80 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Mercury, naked, seated right on a rock upon which is spread his cloak, petasus slung on his back, holding lyre with both hands; CAESAR DIVI • F across field. CRI 401; RIC I 257; BMCRE 596-8 = BMCRR Rome 4335-6; RSC 61; BN 73-6. Near EF, handsome dark tone. Beautifully centered and struck.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22617.