Triton XVI, Lot: 897. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.70 g, 11h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head right; CAESAR • IM downwards to right; large crescent dividing P M upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and leaning on scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS BVCA around. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 18 (A4/R21); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; Kestner 3685; BMCRR Rome 4152-3; RSC 22. Good VF, toned, areas of slightly flat strike, shallow scratch and a pair of contact marks on reverse.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 831.