CNG 96, Lot: 735. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.71 g, 7h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271; RSC 124 (Augustus). Near EF, toned, scratch under tone on obverse.