435, Lot: 306. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius) (31mm, 27.04 g, 10h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right / Wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; cf. Alföldi & Giard 34 (for type); CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620. Near VF, brown patina with spot of green, punch or knock on obverse causing minor flan cracks.

From the Richard Baker Collection.