167, Lot: 106. Estimate $200. Sold for $660. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.92 g). 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. VF, toned, banker’s mark (8) on obverse.

From the C. G. Collection. Ex Stack’s (24 May 1989), lot 177.