CNG 90, Lot: 1390. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.66 g, 4h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Wreathed head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter, resting arm on shield set on globe; B to left. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, 18-24 (A3/R14); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35. Good VF, toned, scratches under tone on obverse, shallow edge test.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection, purchased from George Beach, April 1985.