ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 B.C. Æ sestertius (or dupondius?). 19.99 gm. 30 mm. Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right; CAESAR DIVI F / Wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right; DIVOS IVLIVS. CRI 308. Crawford 535/1. Sydenham 1335. RPC I 620. Fine; brown patina; clear portraits well centered on pleasing surfaces, with perfectly round and level flans and classically lifelike portraits; complete and legible legends; collector number 'H 25' written in ink on lacquer on edge. This is a good example of the finer style issue for this type, and is notable for having no smoothing or tooling.

This collection of early Roman Imperial bronze was formed by an American collector in the Midwest, buying coins in the 1950's from major London coin houses. He affixed collector 'H' numbers written in ink on lacquer on many of the coins. We have correspondence dated in 1950 and 1951 with Leonard Forrer at Spink & Son, Ltd. and William French at Glendining & Co. Ltd. in London, as well as Earle K. Stanton in Los Angeles, Paul S. Seitz in Pennsylvania, and Edward Gans, Numismatic Fine Arts in New York City.