The Curia Julia
276, Lot: 367. Estimate $100. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.60 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / IMP • CAESAR on the architrave of the Roman Senate House (
Curia Julia), porch supported by four short columns, statue of Victory on globe surmounting apex of roof, statues of standing figures at the extremities of the architrave. CRI 421; RIC I 266; RSC 122. Fine, lightly porous, obverse banker’s mark, scuff on reverse.