332, Lot: 255. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.75 g, 9h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter, leaning on shield set on globe; B to left. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI; CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35. Near VF, deep scrapes across obverse and on reverse edge, bankers’ marks on both sides.