218, Lot: 428. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. Imitating issue of Autumn 31 BC. Fourrée Denarius (19mm, 2.91 g, 2h). Contemporary imitation of Cyrene mint. L. Pinarius Scarpus, moneyer. Open right hand left / Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond over left shoulder and filleted wreath. Cf. Crawford 546/6; cf. RIC I 534; cf. CRI 413; cf. Sydenham 1282; cf. RSC 500. Near VF, deposits, pierced, some breaks in the plating.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.