CNG 87, Lot: 941. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.04 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Good VF, toned, slightly off center.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1317.