254, Lot: 224. Estimate $100. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. Fourreé Denarius (18mm, 3.10 g, 6h). Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Cf. Crawford 443/1; cf. CRI 9; cf. Sydenham 1006; cf. RSC 49. Near VF, test cut, some breaks in the plating on reverse.