401, Lot: 435. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (29mm, 14.97 g, 10h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; cf. Alföldi & Giard 34 (for type); CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620; RBW 1822. Fine, rough dark green and brown patina.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.11998.