Triton XVII, Lot: 579. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.81 g, 2h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head right; star of eight rays to left; CAESAR • IMP downwards to right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory on outstretched right hand and scepter set on star with left; P • SEPVLLIVS downwards to right, MACER upwards to left. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 133 and 172 (A7/R29); Bement 396 (same dies); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4165-6; RSC 41. EF, reverse struck with slightly worn die. Well centered example. Attractive portrait coin.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.