Triton XXII, Lot: 966. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head right; CAESAR • III VIR • R • P • C around / Curule chair surmounted by wreath and inscribed CÆS(AR) • DIC • PE[R]. Crawford 497/2a; CRI 137; Sydenham 1322; RSC 55; BMCRR Gaul 76-8; RBW 1756. Near EF, toned, reverse off center.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 755; Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIV] Fall MBS (18 October 1990), lot 1962.