Octavian as Jupiter Terminus
Triton XVI, Lot: 997. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.19 g, 2h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate bust of Octavian, as Jupiter Terminus, right; thunderbolt behind / Octavian, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding Victory in right hand, left hand on lap; IMP CAESAR across field . CRI 427; RIC I 270; RSC 116; BMCRE 637 = BMCRR Rome 4362; BN 43-47. VF, toned, a few light field marks and scrape on wreath under tone .
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection.