Lot 41
ROMAN IMPERATORIAL PERIOD: Octavian, AR denarius (3.92g), uncertain Italian mint, 36 BC, Crawford-540/2, Sydenham-1338, bearded bare head right, IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR ITER R P C // tetrastyle temple of Divus Julius, statue of veiled and togate Julius Caesar within, holding lituus in right hand, DIVO IVL on architrave, star (identified by some as Caesar's comet, sidus iulium) within pediment, lighted altar to left, COS ITER ET TE[R DESIG], lightly cleaned, VF, ex Randy Haviland Collection.
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