366, Lot: 745. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.91 g, 2h). 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; RBW 1557. Near EF, deeply toned, minor area of flat strike.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.