Watch List notes:

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Late 41 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.42 g, 5h). 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; Sydenham 1325a; RSC 417; cf. RBW 1801 (for type). Toned with some iridescence. Good VF.


From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84, Part II (21 May 2015), lot 1706.