Triton XXII, Lot: 968. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.55 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Winged thunderbolt; Q • SALVIVS • I(MP) • COS • DESIG around. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; Sydenham 1326b; RSC 514; BMCRR Gaul 88-9; RBW 1808. Choice EF, attractive cabinet tone. Great metal.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 764; New York Sale II (2 December 1999), lot 213.