279, Lot: 420. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (32mm, 23.10 g, 12h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; Alföldi & Giard - (D1/R- [unlisted rev. die]); CRI 308 (same obv. die); Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620. Near VF, reddish brown and green surfaces, minor roughness, a few marks.
From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.