Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 976. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OCTAVIAN. 37 BC. AR Denarius (3.75 gm, 2h). Italian mint. IMP. CAESAR DIVI. F. VIR. ITER. R. P. C, bare head right, wearing slight beard / COS. ITER. ET. TER. DESIG above, simpulum, aspergillum, ewer, and lituus. Crawford 538/1; CRI 312; Sydenham 1334; Kestner 3831; BMCRR Gaul 116; RSC 91. EF, attractive light gray and gold toning. Marvelous portrait. ($1000)

From the Claude Collection.