Triton XVII, Lot: 572. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; Kestner 3515-20; BMCRR Gaul 27-30;RSC 49. EF, dark cabinet toning. Well centered and well struck.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24926.