AEGYPTO CAPTA

Triton XVII, Lot: 610. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.76 g, 6h). Ephesus mint(?). Bare head right; lituus to left; CΛESAR COS • VI / Crocodile standing right with jaws open; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 430; RIC I 275a (Rome); RSC 2; BMCRE 650 = BMCRR East 243; BN 905. Good VF, toned, bankers’ marks on obverse. Rare.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22618.