CNG 85, Lot: 832. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.70 g, 4h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below. CRI 425; RIC I 269a; RSC 114. Good VF, toned, area of flat strike on head on obverse. Reverse is well struck for issue.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.