Triton XVI, Lot: 984. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (23mm, 3.62 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head left / Venus standing right, seen from back and with drapery covering only her thighs, holding transverse scepter in left hand, resting left elbow on column, and holding helmet in right hand; on left, shield with star motif set on ground, leaning against column; CAESAR DIVI • F across field. RIC I 250b; CRI 396; RSC 63; BMCRE 601 = BMCRR Rome 4334; BN 24-25. Near EF, darkly toned, some porosity and roughness. Rare variety with head left.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Rauch 82 (23 April 2008), lot 196 (where it realized €5000).