Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 930. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (3.71 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Near EF, toned, traces of die rust. Bold strike. Well centered for issue.