AEGYPTO CAPTA

CNG 102, Lot: 831. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.75 g, 5h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right; lituus behind; CAESAR to left, COS • VI to right / Crocodile standing right with jaws open; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 430; RIC I 275a; RSC 2. VF, toned, a couple of spots of die rust, some pecks on reverse, light porosity.