Quality Caesar Denarius

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1615. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 46 BC. AR Denarius (3.90 g, 10h). Utica(?) mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of barley / Simpulum, aspergillum, capis and lituus; M (Munus = gift) in right field. Crawford 467/1b; CRI 57a; Sydenham 1024; RSC 4. Superb EF, handsome light gray and peach iridescent toning. Exceptional in this lofty state of preservation.