Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 566Auction date: 17 July 2024
Lot number: 539

Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 322 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (26.5mm, 17.61 g, 12h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Laureate head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; Alföldi & Giard 36 (D21/R27); CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620; RBW 1822. Dark brown-green surfaces, chipped. Near VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 563Auction date: 5 June 2024
Lot number: 703

Price realized: 275 USD   (Approx. 253 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (29.5mm, 24.74 g, 9h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Laureate head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; Alföldi & Giard 1(–/R1; unlisted obv. die); CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620; RBW 1822. Dark green patina, roughness and pitting, smoothing. VF.

From the Collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 147 (12 June 2018), lot 1257.


Estimate: 400 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 568Auction date: 14 August 2024
Lot number: 420

Price realized: 140 USD   (Approx. 128 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (30.5mm, 15.63 g, 9h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Laureate head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; Alföldi & Giard – (unlisted dies); CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620; RBW 1822. Green and red patina, roughness, scratches. Good Fine.

Ex Errett Bishop Collection (FORVM Ancient Coins inventory RB92629).


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 638

Price realized: 2,750 USD   (Approx. 2,529 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Triumvirs. Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (or Dupondius?) (31mm, 21.97 g, 11h). Southern Italian(?) mint. Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard / Laureate head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; Alföldi & Giard 9 (D3/R7); CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620; RBW 1822. Natural brown surfaces, adjustment marks, minor pitting, edge mark. Good VF. A well struck example for this issue.

Ex Michael Weller Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 984 (hammer $3,750); Freeman & Sear FPL 11 (Spring/Summer 2006), no. 87.


Estimate: 2000 USD

Match 4:
Oslo Myntgalleri AS > Auction 38Auction date: 4 May 2024
Lot number: 812

Price realized: 400,000 NOK   (Approx. 36,159 USD / 33,830 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 43 BC. AV aureus (18 mm; 7,52 g). Military mint travelling with Octavian in Italy. Bare head of Octavian right / Laureate head of Julius Caesar right. Small banker's marks on obverse and a few marks in fields. A very rare and remarkable coin with two good portraits., Crawford 490/2, Calicó 52, Sydenham 1321, Grade: 1, Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 78, 14.5.2008, lot 1619

Starting price: 160000 NOK

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 568Auction date: 14 August 2024
Lot number: 292

Price realized: 1,100 USD   (Approx. 1,006 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


GAUL, Vienna. Octavian, with Divus Julius Caesar. Circa 36 BC. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 13.22 g, 11h). Bare heads of Divus Julius Caesar left and Octavian right, back to back / Prow of galley right, with multi-tier superstructure and mast. RPC I 517; SNG Copenhagen 703-4. Green patina, lamination flaws, spot of verdigris, smoothed and tooled. VF.

Ex Ex Naville Numismatics 59 (26 July 2020), lot 535.


Estimate: 300 USD