The Temple of Divus Julius
266, Lot: 337. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Southern or central Italian mint. Bare head right, bearded / Temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple; star within pediment, DIVO IVL on architrave, altar to left. Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90. Fine, darkly toned, bankers’ marks.
From the Deyo Collection