Triton XXI, Lot: 683. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.00 g, 6h). Mint in Italy, possibly Rome. Victory standing right on prow of galley, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left / Octavian driving triumphal quadriga right, holding branch in right hand; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. CRI 416; RIC I 264; RSC 115; BMCRE 617-9 = BMCRR Rome 4343-5; BN 98-104. EF, attractive old cabinet tone.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 92, Part I, 23 May 2016), lot 452.