Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 978. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (3.85 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a wolf's head), and apex (priest's hat). Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Good VF, banker’s mark on reverse, which is struck slightly off center.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection.