Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 963. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (3.55 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Octavian’s Actian arch (arcus Actianus): single-span arch surmounted by Octavian in facing quadriga; IMP • CAESAR across architrave. RIC I 267; CRI 422; RSC 123. Near EF, lightly toned, minor die rust on obverse, short hairline flan crack.

The single-span arcus Actianus, celebrating Octavian’s victory at Actium, was replaced in 19 BC by the arcus Augusti, a triple-span arch built to celebrate the recovery by Augustus of the famous standards lost by Antony and Crassus.