Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 814. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 32-31 BC. AR Denarius (3.92 g, 2h). Italian mint, possibly Rome. Diademed and draped bust of Pax right; cornucopia behind, olive-branch before / Octavian advancing right, carrying spear over shoulder and raising hand in adlocutio. RIC I 253 (Augustus); CRI 400; RSC 72 (Augustus). EF, lightly toned, slightly irregular flan.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.