Triton XVI, Lot: 914. Estimate $7500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Divus Julius Caesar. 40 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.03 g, 3h). Rome mint. Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; lituus behind; DIVI • IVLI downwards before / Bull-calf walking left; Q • VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue. Crawford 526/2; CRI 329; Sydenham 1132; Kestner 3808; BMCRR Rome 4308-10; RSC 46. Near EF, handsome toning, a few marks and scratches under tone. Rare. Struck on a very broad flan.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 45 (2 April 2008), lot 52; Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 227.