Triton XVI, Lot: 988. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31-summer 30 BC. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.82 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head left / Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand and wreath in extended right hand; CAESAR DIVI • F across field. RIC I 255; CRI 408; RSC 66; BMCRE 604 = BMCRR Rome 4340; BN 41-42. Near EF, deeply toned, light scratches beneath toning. An good portrait coin for the victor of Actium.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 532.