219, Lot: 413. Estimate $150. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (28mm, 3.70 g, 8h). Italian (Rome?) 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, toned, banker’s mark on reverse. Pleasing portrait.
From the Jörg Müller Collection.