432, Lot: 276. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Late 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. L. Cornelius Balbus, propaetor. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR R • P • C around / Club of Hercules left; BALBVS above, PRO • PR below. Crawford 518/1; CRI 298; Sydenham 1325a; RSC 417; Type as RBW 1801. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12863 (Classical Numismatic Group 96, 14 May 2014), lot 732.

This coin, ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12863, via The Hispanic Society of America, 1955. Huntington had ceased collecting by 1913. [Andrew McCabe]