130, Lot: 304. Estimate $300. Sold for $218. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OCTAVIAN. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.85 g). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head right / Rostral column set on low basis, decorated with six rostra and two upturned anchors, and surmounted by statue of Octavian holding reverted spear and parazonium. RIC I 271; CRI 423; BMCRE 633; RSC 124. Good VF, toned, minor porosity on obverse, partial flat strike at very edge.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.