Triton XX, Lot: 598. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Late 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.68 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. L. Cornelius Balbus, propaetor. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Club of Hercules left; BALBVS above, PRO • PR below. Crawford 518/1; CRI 298; RSC 417; Sydenham 1325a; Kestner 3798; BMCRR Gaul 83. EF, deep iridescent toning. Better than the examples on CoinArchives.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22522.