172, Lot: 167. Estimate $150. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.94 g). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Greece. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars right; spear behind / Aquila surmounted by trophy between two signa. Crawford 497/3; CRI 138; Sydenham 1320; RSC 248. VF, toned, some smoothing on obverse behind head.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.