Triton XVI, Lot: 972. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.92 g, 10h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Greece. Helmeted and draped bust of young Mars right, spear over left shoulder; CAESAR III VIR • R • P • C around / Aquila between two signa, all set on ground line; above, trophy, holding oval shields; S C flanking aquila. Crawford 497/3; CRI 138; RSC 248; Sydenham 1320; Kestner 3764; BMCRR Gaul 96. Good VF, toned.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Comptoire Général Financier Monnaies 52 (9 February 2012), lot 441; Or Gestion Numismatique FPL 11 (Autumn 1995), no. 197.