Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 965. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OCTAVIAN. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.75 gm, 11h). Military mint with Octavian in Italy. CAESAR III VIR. R. P. C., bare head right / CAESAR. DIC. PER inscribed on curule chair, front and back legs decorated with eagles, upon which rests a wreath. Crawford 497/2a; CRI 137; Sydenham 1322; Kestner 3763; BMCRR Gaul 76; RSC 55. Good VF, toned, area of flat strike. Attractive portrait. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.