Triton XVI, Lot: 890. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-April 46 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.91 g, 10h). Utica(?) mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing grain ear wreath; COS • TERT down left, DICT • ITER up right / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; M (munus = gift) to right, AVGVR above, PONT • MAX below. Crawford 467/1b; CRI 57a; RSC 4; Sydenham 1024; Kestner 3639-3640; BMCRR Africa 23-5. Near EF, attractively toned.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Karl Sifferman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 1271.