Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 984. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OCTAVIAN, with DIVUS JULIUS CAESAR. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius or Dupondius (22.01 gm, 11h). Southern Italian(?) mint. CAESAR before, DIVI F behind, bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / DIVOS before, IVLIVS behind, head of Divus Julius right, wearing wreath. Crawford 535/1; RPC I 620; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; BMCRR Gaul 106; Cohen 3 (Julius Caesar). Good VF, natural brown surfaces, minor pits in outer areas of fields, a few minor adjustment marks. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.