CNG 105, Lot: 780. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.33 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Equestrian statue of Octavian, bareheaded and nude to the waist, on horseback, galloping left, his right hand raised; CAESAR • DIVI • F below. CRI 394; RIC I 262; Bahrfeldt 104; Calicó 187; BMCRE 594-5 = BMCRR Rome 4325-6; BN 82-4; Biaggi 97. VF, lightly toned, a number of field marks, a couple edge tests.

From the Collection of a Director. Ex Bourgey (9 November 1976), lot 222.