Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 950. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.95 g, 11h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head right; star of seven rays behind / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter set on star. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V 72 (A25/R39); CRI 106a var. (star of eight rays); Sydenham 1071 var. (same); RSC 41 var. (same). VF, attractively toned, obverse off center, graffito (“S”) on reverse. Bold portrait.