Triton XVIII, Lot: 953. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.81 g, 5h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Wreathed head right; CAESAR downward to right; IMPER upward to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and transverse scepter in left, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe; E to left, M • METTIVS downward to right. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, 134 (A24/R28); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35; Kestner –; BMCRR Rome 4137-42; RBW 1686 var. (letter); CNR 125/3 (same rev. die). Good VF, struck with rusty dies. Well centered. An issue struck in the days following Caesar’s assassination.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.