198, Lot: 258. Estimate $300. Sold for $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 8h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe surmounted by wolf’s head, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. VF, porous, slightly off-center.