Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 904. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $720. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (3.87 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent / Pontifical implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by wolf’s head), and priest’s hat. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. EF, gray and light gold toning, obverse struck slightly off center.