Triton XVIII, Lot: 972. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.90 g, 5h). Southern or central Italian mint. IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C, Bare head right, wearing slight beard; IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C around / Temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple set on podium; DIVO IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to left; COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG around. Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90; Kestner 3833; BMCRR Africa 33; RBW 1829. EF. Exceptional for type.