CNG 88, Lot: 1186. Estimate $500. Sold for $744. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.84 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. Good VF, toned, a few minor marks under tone.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Ponterio 110 (7 November 2000), lot 516.