CNG 99, Lot: 561. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. EF, lightly toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.