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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1363. Estimate $7500. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] OCTAVIAN, with DIVUS JULIUS CAESAR. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius or Dupondius (16.92 g, 1h). Southern Italian(?) mint. CAESAR before, DIVI. F behind, bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / DIVOS before, IVLIVS behind, head of Divus Julius right, wearing wreath. Crawford 535/1; RPC I 620; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; Kestner 3827-3828; BMCRR Gaul 105-107; Cohen 3 (Julius Caesar). Near EF, wonderful pale olive-green patina with earthen highlights. An exceptional portrait of Julius Caesar. ($7500)

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 322.