Triton XXII, Lot: 972. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.72 g, 7h). Mint in Italy, possibly Rome. Victory standing right on prow of galley, holding wreath with her extended right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder with her left / Octavian driving triumphal quadriga right, holding branch with his extended right hand; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. CRI 416; RIC I 264; RSC 115; BMCRE 617-9 = BMCRR Rome 4343-5; BN 98-104. EF, light iridescent toning. Well struck and centered on a full flan.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex A. Lynn Collection (Helios 4, 14 October 2009), lot 197; Tkalec AG (18 February 2002), lot 125; Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 337.