186, Lot: 124. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1201. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 g). Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right; crescent between P and M behind / Venus standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and resting on scepter in left. Crawford 480/4; CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22. VF, toned, light scratches on both sides, minor porosity.