Lot 3779

Description

Augustus as Octavian, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, mint moving with Octavian, issued 40 B.C. by Q. Salvius, (3.30 grams), obv. head of Octavian to right, around C CAE[SAR III VIR R P C], rev. [Q SALVIVS] IMP COS DESIG, around a thunderbolt, (S.1541, Cr.523/1a, BMC 1326b); Sextus Pompey, (42-40 B.C.), silver denarius, Sicilian mint, (3.41 grams), obv. the Pharos of Messina surmounted by Neptune, galley before it, [MAG PIVS] IMP ITER around, rev. monster Scylla, around PRAEF CLAS ET OR[AE MARIT S.C.], (S.1393, Cr.511/4, Syd.1348, C. Sextus Pompey 2). Fair and very rare. (2)