CNG 90, Lot: 1386. 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, 3.41 g, 8h). Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head right / Venus seated right, holding scepter and Victory. Crawford 480/7b; Alföldi Type XV, 20-22, 24 (A10/R7); CRI 104a; Sydenham 1062; RSC 24. Near EF, lightly toned, obverse slightly off center. Wonderful portrait. Rare.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 51 (5 March 2009), lot 90.