The Terminus of Empire

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 657. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (3.76 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR across field, ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below. RIC I 269a; CRI 425; RSC 114; BMCRE 628-9 = BMCRR Rome 4360; BN 49-51. VF, toned, scattered marks on obverse, banker’s mark on reverse.