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Auction 33  30 January 2014
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Lot 98

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 800 USD
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ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. Octavian. Triumvir, Imperator and Divi filius from 27 B.C. AR denarius. 3.74 gm. 21 mm. Italian mint, possibly Rome. Autumn 30-summer 29 B.C. Bare head of Octavian, right / MP CAESAR inscribed on architrave of the Actian arch, on top a triumphal quadriga bearing Octavian, facing front. SRC 1558. RIC 267. RSC 123. Good Very Fine; attractive old toning with pale golden highlights. An important architectural type. The single-span arcus Actianus, celebrating Octavian's victory at Actium, was replaced in 19 BC by the arcus Augusti, a triple-span arch built to celebrate the recovery by Augustus of the famous standards lost by Antony and Crassus.
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