301, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. 29-28 BC. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.64 g, 3h). Italian mint (possibly Rome). Bare head of Octavian right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond, on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes with heads erect. CRI 429; RIC I 276; King 1; RSC 14. Good VF, iridescent toning, slightly porous surfaces.