193, Lot: 182. Estimate $150. Sold for $287. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.73 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors (faintly visible) and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian holding spear and parazonium. RIC I 271; CRI 423; RSC 124. Near VF, minor porosity, obverse and reverse scratches.