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Electronic Auction 484  27 Jan 2021
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Lot 706

Estimate: 750 USD
Price realized: 1700 USD
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The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 g, 7h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features resembling Octavian / Octavian, as city founder, veiled and wearing priestly robes, plowing right with yoke of oxen, holding whip in outstretched left hand and plow-handle in right. CRI 424; RIC I 272; RSC 117. Attractive cabinet toning, a few light marks and scratches beneath toning, banker's mark on Apollo's neck. Good VF.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Andrew McCabe Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 112, 11 September 2019), lot 577; Heritage 3030 (5 January 2014), lot 23913; Manhattan Sale 4 (8 January 2013), lot 129 (hammer $825); Sotheby's (30 March 1995), lot 1034 (hammer £330).
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