294, Lot: 581. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-April 46 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.84 g, 6h). Uncertain mint, possibly Utica. Head of Ceres right, wearing grain wreath / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; D (donativum = largess) to right. Crawford 467/1a; CRI 57; Sydenham 1023; RSC 4a. Good VF, toned, banker’s mark on neck, some rough deposits on reverse, small test cut on edge.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection.