Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 509. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.79 g, 1h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head right; eight-rayed star behind, CAESAR • IMP before / Venus standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical scepter set on star in left; P • SEPVLLIVS MAC[ER] around. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 24 (A4/R41); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; BMCRR Rome 4165-6; RSC 41. Good VF, handsome cabinet toning. Excellent silver quality. Bold portrait.