353, Lot: 405. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-April 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.62 g, 7h). Uncertain mint, possibly Utica. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; D (
donativum = largess) to right. Crawford 467/1a; CRI 57; Sydenham 1023; RSC 4a. Near VF, toned, edge test cut, cleaning scratches under tone, traces of porosity.
From Group SGF.