Auction 126 - Session 2
Date: 2024-05-29 00:00:00
Lots: 316
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 646
The Triumvirs. Octavian. 28 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.72 g, 12h). "Aegypto Capta" commemorative. Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?). Bare head right; lituus behind neck / Crocodile standing right with jaws open; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. CRI 430; RIC I 275a; RSC 2. Toned with iridescence, light porosity, scratches. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Long Valley River Collection (Roma XX, 29 October 2020), lot 489 (hammer £15,000); Ernst Ploil Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 101 (24 October 2017), lot 49; Peus 366 (25 October 2000, lot 1268; Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica/Spink Tasei, 16 November 1994), lot 131; Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 308.Following the decisive battle of Actium, in August of 30 BC Octavian invaded Egypt and founded the Prefecture of Egypt, leaving intact the Ptolemaic structures in culture and administration. Octavian struck this issue to commemorate the event; the reverse depicts a crocodile, which was the symbol of the country and, locally, an important deity.