Two Exceptional Octavian Denarii

Triton XVIII, Lot: 971. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Summer 37 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.06 g, 5h). Southern or central Italian mint. Bareheaded and bearded head right; IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C around / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; COS • ITER • ET • [TER • DESIG] around and to right. Crawford 538/1; CRI 312; Sydenham 1334; RSC 91; Kestner 3831; BMCRR Gaul 116-8; RBW 1826. EF, lightly toned. Exceptional.