CNG 91, Lot: 846. Estimate $750. Sold for $3250. 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. Superb EF, lightly toned, underlying luster. Well centered and struck for issue.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 33 (6 April 2006), lot 330.