175, Lot: 192. Estimate $100. Sold for $166. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. Fourrée AR Denarius (18mm, 2.55 g). Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent / Pontifical implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by wolf’s head), and priest’s hat. Cf. Crawford 443/1; cf. CRI 9; cf. Sydenham 1006; cf. RSC 49. Fine, plating broken in spots.