Triton XIX, Lot: 413. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed and veiled head right; CAESAR downward to right, DICT PERPETVO upward to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter, to right at feet, shield set on ground; P • SEPVLLIVS downward to right, MACER downward to left. Crawford 480/13; Alföldi Type IX, 1 (A23/R9); CRI 107d; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; RBW 1685. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster, area of flat strike. The last issue of Caesar’s lifetime coinage.