CNG 99, Lot: 586. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Cistophorus (29mm, 10.94 g, 1h). Ephesus mint. Laureate head right / Pax standing left on parazonium(?), holding caduceus in right hand, left hand at waist; PAX to left; to right, coiled serpent arising from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath. CRI 433; RIC I 476; RPC 2203; RSC 218; BMCRE 691 = BMCRR East 248; BN 905. Good VF, toned, a couple of small, light scratches in fields, obverse slightly off center.