Ex Bally-Herzog Collection

CNG 100, Lot: 1821. Estimate $10000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Divus Julius Caesar. 40 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.49 g, 2h). Rome mint; Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; lituus to left; DIVI • IVLI downward to right / Bull-calf walking left; Q • VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue. Crawford 526/2; CRI 329; Sydenham 1132; RSC 46. EF, toned, some iridescence, traces of deposits, tiny spot of die rust on obverse, minor area of flat strike.

Duplicate from the collection of M. A. Armstrong. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 994; Arthur Bally-Herzog Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 93, 16 December 2003), lot 60, acquired from Leo Hamburger, 1907.