Triton XVI, Lot: 907. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.07 g, 9h). Rome mint. M. Mettius, moneyer. Wreathed head right; CAESAR downwards to right, IMPER upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and transverse scepter in left, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe; C to left, M • METTIVS downwards to right. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, 112 (A24/R24); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; Kestner –; BMCRR Rome 4140; RSC 35. Good VF, areas of weak strike, deposits on reverse.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 517.