Triton XVI, Lot: 993. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.88 g, 2h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Naval and military trophy facing, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield, and crossed spears, set on prow of galley right; crossed rudder and anchor at base; IMP CAESAR across field. CRI 419; RIC I 265a; RSC 119; BMCRE 625 = BMCRR Rome 4352; BN 57-63. Good VF, toned, a couple of banker’s marks in left field of obverse.
From the A.K. Collection. Ex Walter Niggeler Collection (not in the Leu/Münzen und Medaillen sale); Münzen und Medaillen AG XIII (17 June 1954), lot 612.