Triton XIV, Lot: 611. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. Autumn 30 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Victory, holding palm frond over left shoulder and wreath in extended right hand, standing right of prow of quinquereme / Octavian, holding laurel branch in extended right hand and reins in left, driving triumphal quadriga right; car decorated with cupids holding garlands; IMP • CAESAR in exergue. CRI 416; BMCRR Rome 4343 = BMCRE 617; RIC I 264; CRE Ashmolean 206; RSC 115; BN 98. Good VF, toned.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 1629.