229, Lot: 401. Estimate $200. Sold for $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.67 g, 1h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head right; star behind / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter set on star. Crawford 480/5b; CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. Fine, lightly toned, test cuts and bankers’ marks.