Triton XVIII, Lot: 948. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.50 g, 11h). 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. Good VF, lightly toned, minor area of weak strike.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 866255 (March 2010).