Triton XVI, Lot: 899. Estimate $10000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; star of eight rays behind; CAESAR IMP downwards before / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and with left, resting on vertical scepter set on star; P • SEPVLLIVS downwards to right, MACER upwards to left. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 141 (A15/R29); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4165-6; RSC 41. EF, lightly toned, a few shallow marks under tone, trivial obverse flan flaw at star, traces of die rust on reverse. Pleasing portrait.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 608.