334, Lot: 277. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.26 g, 9h). Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Head right, wearing grain wreath; eight-rayed star behind / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter with star. Crawford 480/5b; CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. Fine, toned, bankers’ marks.

Struck shortly before Caesar’s death on the 15 March 44 BC.