983 982 982. The Triumvirs. Octavian. 35/4 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.99 g, 5h). Spanish or northern Italian or mint traveling with Octavian in Illyricum. Bare head right / Round shield (or patera?) with three concentric rows of studs and central boss; iÂp above, CAe ÍAr flanking, Diui • F below. RIC I 543a; CRI 392; RSC 126; BMCRE 309-12 = BMCRR Gaul 119-22; BN 1017-20. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. ($750) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Pierre Arnaud Collection (Hess-Divo 307, 7 June 2007), lot 1547; Münzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 173.
983. The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.54 g, 3h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Venus standing right, seen from back and with drapery covering only her thighs, holding transverse scepter in left hand, resting left elbow on column, and holding helmet in right hand; on left, shield with star motif set on ground, leaning against column; CAeÍAr Diui • F across field. RIC I 250a; CRI 395; RSC 62; BMCRE 599 = BMCRR Rome 4333; BN 19-22. Good VF, lightly toned with traces of underlying luster, banker’s mark in obverse field. ($1000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection.
985 984 984. The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (23mm, 3.62 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head left / Venus standing right, seen from back and with drapery covering only her thighs, holding transverse scepter in left hand, resting left elbow on column, and holding helmet in right hand; on left, shield with star motif set on ground, leaning against column; CAeÍAr Diui • F across field. RIC I 250b; CRI 396; RSC 63; BMCRE 601 = BMCRR Rome 4334; BN 24-25. Near EF, darkly toned, some porosity and roughness. Rare variety with head left. ($2000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Rauch 82 (23 April 2008), lot 196 (where it realized €5000).
985. The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 32-summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.82 g, 12h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane, hair is looped at back and two ringlets fall down behind and over neck; she wears earring and necklace / Octavian, in military attire and with cloak billowing out behind, hurrying left, extending right hand and cradling spear in left arm; CAeÍAr Diui • F across field. RIC I 251; CRI 397; RSC 70; BMCRE 609-10 = BMCRR Rome 4327-8; BN 1-4. Good VF, attractively toned, banker’s mark in obverse field. ($750) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 639.
Scarpus
986. The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.30 g, 12h). Cyrene mint. L. Pinarius Scarpus, imperator. Head of Jupiter-Ammon right; AuGur pONTiF around / Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand, and wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand; iÂp CAeÍAr/Diui F in two lines across field. Crawford 546/4; RIC I 535; CRI 411; Sydenham 1281; RSC 125; BMCRE 690 = BMCRR Cyrenaica 4; BN 897. VF, toned, hairline flan crack, a few scratches in field. Very rare. ($2000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 647; Jacquier FPL 17 (Autumn 1995), no. 381. This is likely the first issue by Scarpus after defecting to the Caesarians. Though the name of the issuer is absent, probably because Scarpus was uncertain of Octavian’s attitude, it is clearly of Scarpus. To be on the safe side, Scarpus strikes this issue “in the name of his new commanderin-chief” (CRI, p. 248). The obverse features Octavian’s priestly titles of augur and pontifex.
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