360, Lot: 387. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.89 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Diademed head of Venus right, with Cupid over her shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms, composed of [helmet] and cuirass, oval shield and
carnyx in each hand; two seated captives at base, the one on left a female in attitude of dejection, the one on right a bearded male with hands bound behind him. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; Sydenham 1014; RSC 13. Near VF, toned, some porosity, weakly struck in the center of the reverse.
From Group SGF.