Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 533. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. Late summer 30 BC. AR Denarius (3.77 g, 5h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Victory, draped, standing right on prow, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand and wreath in extended right hand / Octavian driving triumphal quadriga right, the car ornamented with figures on its front and side panels, holding reins in left hand and branch in right; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. RIC I 263; CRI 410; RSC 75; BMCRE 616 = BMCRR Rome 4342; BN -. Good VF, attractively toned, a few minor marks beneath toning on obverse. Well centered for issue.