The Triumvirs. Octavian. Early 40 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.94 g, 2h). Military mint traveling with Octavian in Italy. Q. Salvius, moneyer. Bare head right, wearing slight beard; C • CAE[SAR • III • VI]R • R • P • C around / Winged thunderbolt; Q • SALVIVS • I (MP) • COS • DESIG around. Crawford 523/1a; CRI 300; Sydenham 1326b; RSC 514; BMCRR Gaul 88-9; Kestner 3803; RBW 1808. Deeply toned with areas of find patina, a few scratches and scrapes on the obverse beneath toning, obverse struck slightly off center. VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX.2 (2nd Quarter, 1994), no. 194.