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Triton XVI, Lot: 970. Estimate $10000.
Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.07 g, 2h). Rome mint. C. Vibius Varus, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Fortuna standing left, holding Victory in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; VARVS up left field, C • VIBIVS down right. Crawford 494/33; CRI 158; RSC 539; Sydenham 1145; Kestner -; cf. BMCRR Rome p. 588. EF, toned, traces of underlying luster, reverse slightly off center.


From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Varesi 51 (28 April 2008), lot 478 (where it realized €9500).