Triton XVI, Lot: 981. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.99 g, 5h). Southern or central Italian mint. IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C, Bare head right, wearing slight beard; IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C around / Temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple set on podium; DIVO IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to left; COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG around. Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; RSC 90; Sydenham 1338; Kestner 3833; BMCRR Africa 33 . VF, lightly toned, minor roughness.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection.