Triton XVI, Lot: 982. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 35/4 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.99 g, 5h). Spanish or northern Italian or mint traveling with Octavian in Illyricum. Bare head right / Round shield (or patera?) with three concentric rows of studs and central boss; IMP above, CAE SAR flanking, DIVI • F below. RIC I 543a; CRI 392; RSC 126; BMCRE 309-12 = BMCRR Gaul 119-22; BN 1017-20. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Pierre Arnaud Collection (Hess-Divo 307, 7 June 2007), lot 1547; Münzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 173.