164, Lot: 119. Estimate $750. Sold for $915. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.69 g). P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head right; star of eight rays behind / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter set on star. Crawford 480/5b; CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. Fine, banker’s mark on cheek, some light encrustation on reverse, nice flan.