Triton XVIII, Lot: 947. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.06 g, 10h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; Kestner 3515-20; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; RBW 1557. Near EF, toned.
From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Arnold Saslow.