Octavian AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Octavian, 40 BC. Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, with slight beard; C•CAESAR•III•VIR•R•P•C around / Winged thunderbolt; Q•SALVIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG around. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; RSC 514; FFC 323 (this coin). 3.99g, 20mm, 12h.
Mint State; area of flat strike, beautiful old cabinet tone with golden iridescent highlights.
From the inventory of a German dealer;
This coin published in Fernández, Fernández & Calicó, Catálogo Monográfico de los Denarios de la República Romana (Madrid, 2002);
Ex Alba Longa Collection;
Ex Leo Benz Collection, Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 88, 23 November 1998, lot 909.