276, Lot: 357. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.22 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Diademed and draped bust of Venus left; small Cupid on shoulder; lituus to left, scepter to right / Trophy consisting of Gallic arms and
carnuces; to left, Gallic captive kneeling left, head right; to right, Gallia seated right in attitude of mourning. Crawford 468/2; CRI 59; Sydenham 1015; RSC 14. Fine, light porosity, bankers’ marks.