Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 898. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OCTAVIAN. 32-31 BC. AR Denarius (3.15 gm). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Mercury seated right on rock, playing lyre; petasos around neck. RIC I 257; CRI 401; RSC 61. Toned, good VF, partial flat strike. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.