Triton XVII, Lot: 580. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 4.18 g, 6h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR downwards to right, DICT PERPETVO upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; L • BVC[A] downwards to right. Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 48-51 (A10/R5); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; Kestner 3687; BMCRR Rome 4154; RSC 23. Good VF, toned, struck on a compact flan, small area of minor flatness on either side.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22622.