Watch List notes:

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.91 g, 9h). Mint in Italy, possibly Rome. Draped bust of Diana Siciliensis right, her shoulders bare, the hair drawn back and coiled into two rolls on top and back of head; behind neck, bow and quiver / Tetrastyle temple containing a naval and military trophy set on prow; in pediment, triskelis; above, at corners, aplustra; IMP • CAESAR on frieze. CRI 418; Calicó 206; RIC I 273; BMCRE 643 = BMCRR Rome 4355; BN 91; Biaggi 105. VF, a few scratches and scrapes, contact marks, and minor deposits. Rare.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 236 (7 March 2016), lot 394.