Triton XIX, Lot: 435. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.95 g, 5h). Mint in central or southern Italy. 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; RBW 1829. EF, lightly toned, a couple hairline surface cracks. Well centered.