AEGYPTO CAPTA

5724015.

SOLD $7500

The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.87 g, 12h). “Aegypto Capta” commemorative. Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right; lituus behind neck, CAESAR upwards to left, COS • VI downwards to right / Crocodile standing right with jaws open; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 430; RIC I 275a; RSC 2. Lightly toned, minor edge split, scratches and marks, heavy hairlines, light scuff at edge. VF.

Ex Stack’s (8 June 1999), lot 103.