Triton XXI, Lot: 682. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.02 g, 12h). Mint in Italy, possibly Rome. Bare head right / Pax, draped, standing facing, head left, holding olive branch in right hand and cornucopia in left; CAESAR down left, DIVI • F up right. CRI 399; RIC I 252; RSC 69; BMCRE 605–8 = BMCRR East 236–9; BN 26–33. Good VF, deep iridescent tone, minor flan flaw on reverse.
From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 103 (14 September 2016), lot 665 (hammer of $3000).