249, Lot: 313. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Considius Paetus. 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 10h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; A behind / Curule chair, garlanded, on which lies wreath. Crawford 465/2a; CRI 77b; Sydenham 991; Considia 2. VF, minor roughness.

Likely struck to commemorate Caesr’s right to sit in the Senate on a curule chair between the two consuls following his victory at Thapsus.