Caesar”s First Steps Toward Dictatorship

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1248. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (3.82 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant walking right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a wolf's head), and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. EF, lightly toned, shallow scratch in field above elephant’s trunk beneath tone.