CNG 96, Lot: 737. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.71 g, 12h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right; lituus to left / Crocodile standing right with jaws open; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 430; RIC I 275a; RSC 2. Good VF, toned, slight wave in flan, a few trivial marks under tone, area of flat strike at center of reverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10541.