157, Lot: 277. Estimate $200. Sold for $311. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.51 g). Italian mint. Laureate head of Octavian (as Apollo) right / Statue of Octavian standing facing, holding spear and parazonium, atop rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys. RIC I 271; CRI 423; RSC 124. VF, obverse banker’s mark, a few minor scratches.