Triton XVI, Lot: 896. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.34 g, 2h). Rome mint. M. Mettius, moneyer. Wreathed head right; lituus and simpulum to left; CAESAR IMP down right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter, resting arm on shield set on globe; I to left; M • METTIVS down right. Crawford 480/3; Alföldi Type III, 112 (A14/R45); CRI 100; RSC 34; Sydenham 1056; Kestner –; BMCRR Rome 4147. Good VF, lightly toned, banker’s mark on obverse. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 516.