Watch List notes:

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Late 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.68 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. L. Cornelius Balbus, propaetor. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAESAR • III • VIR • R • P • C around / Club of Hercules left; BALBVS above, PRO • PR below. Crawford 518/1; CRI 298; RSC 417; Sydenham 1325a; Kestner 3798; BMCRR Gaul 83. EF, deep iridescent toning. Better than the examples on CoinArchives.


From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22522.