CNG 94, Lot: 994. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Divus Julius Caesar. 40 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.49 g, 2h). Rome mint; Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; lituus to left; DIVI • IVLI downwards to right / Bull-calf walking left; Q • VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue. Crawford 526/2; CRI 329; Sydenham 1132; RSC 46. EF, toned, some iridescence, traces of deposits, tiny spot of die rust on obverse, minor area of flat strike.

Ex Arthur Bally-Herzog Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 93, 16 December 2003), lot 60, acquired from Leo Hamburger, 1907.