144, Lot: 259. Estimate $150. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Octavian. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.84 g). Italian mint, possibly Rome. Bare head right / Roman Senate House (Curia Julia); IMP CAESAR on architrave, Victory standing on globe at apex of pediment, warriors at the angles. RIC I 266; CRI 421; BMCRE 624; RSC 122. Near VF, lightly toned, obverse banker’s mark.