Triton XIX, Lot: 430. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Lepidus and Octavian. November-December 43 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.89 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Lepidus in Italy. Bare head of Lepidus right; LEPIDVS • PO(NT) • (MA)X • III [• V • R • P • C •] around / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • I(MP) • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 495/2d; CRI 140; Sydenham 1323 var. (rev. legend); RSC 2c corr. (MP ligate on rev.); RBW 1752 var. (rev. legend). Good VF, off center on obverse, light scratches on reverse, area of find patina along edge.