370, Lot: 364. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head right, as Apollo / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124 (Augustus). Fine, toned, some graffiti on reverse, lacquered.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.