AEGYPTO CAPTA

CNG 97, Lot: 614. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.63 g, 11h). Italian (Rome?) mint. CAESAR COS • VI, bare head right; lituus to left / AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below, crocodile standing right with jaws open. CRI 430; RIC I 275a; RSC 2. VF, toned, a pair of banker’s marks and a scratch under tone on obverse, some contact marks, shallow edge test cut, a few other edge marks.