Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 958. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 37 BC. AR Denarius (3.57 g, 12h). Southern or central Italian mint. IMP CAESAR DIVI [F] III VIR R P C around empty field / Augural and pontifical emblems: simpulum, aspergillum, jug, and lituus. Crawford 537/1; CRI 310; Sydenham 1332; RSC 128. VF, gray toning, small areas of horn silver, minor porosity, obverse struck slightly off center. Rare.