271, Lot: 36. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. CAESAR DICT PERPETV, laureate head right / Venus standing left, lowering head and holding Victory and scepter; L · BVCA to right. Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 28 (A5/R4); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23. Good VF, darkly toned. Well centered and struck.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s London 6395 (7 March 1996), lot 140.