CNG 96, Lot: 732. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Late 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. L. Cornelius Balbus, propaetor. Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Club of Hercules left. Crawford 518/1; CRI 298; Sydenham 1325a; RSC 417. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12863.