CNG 88, Lot: 1185. Estimate $500. Sold for $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.62 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12. EF, bright surfaces, hairline flan crack. Well centered.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 935.