318, Lot: 593. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-May 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Tetrastyle temple with globe in pediment /
Desultor (horseman who leaps from one horse to another), wearing conical cap and holding whip, on horseback to right, second horse behind; palm frond and wreath to left. Crawford 480/21; Alföldi Type XXII, 41-45 (A1/R1); CRI 110 ; Sydenham 1076; RSC 44. Fine, darkly toned, a few light scratches, banker’s mark on reverse.