237, Lot: 349. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.14 g, 7h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter; shield set on ground to right. Crawford 480/10; Alföldi type VIII, 4 (this coin); CRI 107a; Sydenham 1073; RSC 38. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

From the Collection of Professor L. Fontana.