Triton XVII, Lot: 573. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-April 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.03 g, 4h). Utica(?) mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears; COS • TERT downwards to left, [D]ICT • ITER upwards to right / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: [simpulum], aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; M (munus = gift) to right, AVGVR above, [PO]NT • MAX below. Crawford 467/1b; CRI 57a; Sydenham 1024; Kestner 3639-3640; BMCRR Africa 23-5; RSC 4. VF, darkly toned, area of silver solder on reverse and at edge, a few scratches.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12744.