Caesar Maneuvers Toward Pharsalus

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1265. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (4.13 g, 11h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath; ^II (= 52, Caesar's age) behind / Gallic trophy, holding carnyx and oval shield; axe surmounted by animal's head to right. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; RSC 18. Good VF, toned.