Triton XX, Lot: 599. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.20 g, 11h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Thunderbolt; Q • SALVIVS I(MP) • COS • DESIG around. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; RSC 514; Sydenham 1326b; Kestner 3803; cf. BMCRR Gaul 86-88. EF, deep iridescent toning, area of weak strike at periphery on reverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24760.