454, Lot: 327. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.87 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right / Mercury or Apollo seated right on rock, playing lyre; petasus slung on his back. CRI 401; RIC I 257; RSC 61. Iridescent cabinet toning, a few light scratches and marks, faint hairlines. VF. Excellent portrait.
Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection.