CNG 88, Lot: 1205. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-Summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.95 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR on the architrave of the Roman Senate House (Curia Julia), porch supported by four short, statue of Victory on globe surmounting apex of roof, statues of standing figures at the extremities of the architrave. CRI 421; RIC I 266; RSC 122. VF, toned, minor deposits, banker’s mark in field before neck.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Stack’s (15 January 2003), lot 95; Coin Galleries (21 July 1982), lot 434.