Forceful Caesar Portrait

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3124. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GAUL, Lugdunum. Octavian, with Julius Caesar. 36 BC. Æ Dupondius (17.78 g, 5h). Laureate head of Julius Caesar left and bare head of Octavian right; palm between / Prow of quinquereme right, decorated with eye and dolphin; star on globe and meta above; [CO]PIA in exergue. RPC I 515; Lyon 7; CNR I 22/3 (this coin). Good VF, dark brown patina, flan chipped in antiquity.

From the John A. Seeger Collection. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin (August 1963), lot B401.