Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 944. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. April 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.43 g, 12h). Rome mint. C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. Laureate and veiled head right; apex behind, lituus before / C • COSSVTIVS and MARID-IANVS arranged in form of cross; A A A F • F in angles. Crawford 480/19; Alföldi Type XVII, 28-37 (A5/R5); CRI 112; Sydenham 1069; RSC 8. Good VF, toned, porous, a pair of small chips on edge. Well centered on a broad, round flan, exceptional as such.