CNG 105, Lot: 781. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.95 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing necklace / Octavian advancing left, extending arm and holding spear. CRI 397; RIC I 251 (Augustus); RSC 70 (Augustus). Good VF, wonderful, old cabinet toning.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24816.