CNG 112, Lot: 579. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Cistophorus (28.5mm, 10.95 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F • COS • VI • LIBERTATIS • P • R • VINDEX •, laureate head right / Pax, draped, standing left, holding caduceus with her right hand; behind her, in right field, a snake emerging from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath; PAX in left field. CRI 433; RIC I 476; RPC I 2203; RSC 218; BMCRE 691 = BMCRR East 248; BN 905. Toned, a few light scratches and marks in fields, obverse struck slightly off center. Good VF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 586.

LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX means Champion of Liberty and the People of Rome, referring to the victory over Antony and Cleopatra; the addition of Pax to the usual cistophoric type referring to the upcoming peace. [Andrew McCabe]