294, Lot: 626. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. Fourrée Denarius (20mm, 2.84 g, 11h). Imitating an Italian (Rome?) mint issue. Bare head left; lituus behind / AEGVPTO CAPTA, crocodile standing right with jaws open. Cf. RIC I 275b; cf. CRI 431; cf. RSC 3. VF, toned, several small breaks in the plating on the reverse.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Alberto Campana Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 17 May 2012), lot 2357; Dr. Adolf Wild Collection (Künker 124, 16 March 2007), lot 8606.