242, Lot: 153. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter. Crawford 480/8; CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23. VF, uneven strike, light porosity, banker’s mark on obverse.