Triton XVII, Lot: 575. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.87 g, 9h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing triple-drop earring and necklace of pendants, Cupid at her shoulder behind / Trophy of Gallic arms, composed of [helmet] and cuirass, oval shield and
carnyx in each hand; two seated captives at base, the one on left a female in attitude of dejection, the one on right a bearded male with hands bound behind him; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; Sydenham 1014; Kestner 3641-3; BMCRR Spain 89-92; RSC 13. VF, dark toning, struck on a compact flan.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24879.