The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). EF.

CNG Feature Auction 123
Lot: 584. Estimated: $ 1 000

Roman Republican, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 1 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features resembling Octavian / Octavian, as city founder, holding whip and plow-handle, plowing right with yoke of oxen. CRI 424; RIC I 272; RSC 117. Residual luster, light hairlines. EF.

This type, according to Sear, relates to the foundation of Nicopolis in Epirus near the Octavian camp during the battle of Actium. The use of an oxen team pulling a plow to set the boundaries of a city is a type that would appear on many Roman colonial cities coinage at this time.


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