The Temple of Divus Julius

279, Lot: 421. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.74 g, 5h). Southern or central Italian mint. Bare head right, bearded / Temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple; [DIVO IVL] on architrave, star within pediment; altar to left. Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90. Near VF, toned, some porosity and light scratches, small banker’s mark on obverse.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.