157, Lot: 279. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 29-28 BC. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.44 g). Italian mint. Bare head right / Victory standing right, holding wreath and palm, on cista mystica between two serpents. RIC I 276; CRI 429; RSC 14. VF, darkly toned, a couple of bankers’ marks.