CNG 100, Lot: 1814. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.04 g, 9h). 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. Good VF, darkly toned, traces of deposits.
From the R.H. Collection. Ex John F. Sullivan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 125, 26 October 2005), lot 182.