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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #26
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                 Lot Number: 62236
                 Estimate: $400.00
                 Final Sale Price: $298.10
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                 Denomination: Denarius
                 Grade: VF toned
                 Reference: RIC I 271; Sear 423; BMCRE 633; BN 69; RSC 124




  Octavian. 30-29 BC. AR Denarius (3.64 gm). Italian mint (possibly Rome). Laureate
  head of Octavian, as Apollo, right / IMP-CAESAR across field, rostral column with six
  prows projecting from the sides and two anchors on column, surmounted by a nude
  statue of Octavian holding a sceptre and a parazonium. RIC I 271; Sear 423; BMCRE
  633; BN 69; RSC 124. Toned VF. Estimate $400.



  Sear maintains that the reverse depicts the rostral column that was built by the
  decree of the Senate in honor of Octavian's victory at Actium.


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