The Terminus of Empire

Triton XVII, Lot: 609. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below; IMP CΛESAR across field. CRI 425; RIC I 269a; RSC 114; BMCRE 628-9 = BMCRR Rome 4360; BN 49-51. Good VF, toned, a couple of bankers’ marks on obverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22820.