366, Lot: 746. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 47 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.98 g, 8h). Sicilian mint, possibly Lilybaeum; Aulus Allienus, proconsular governor of Sicily. Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Trinacrus standing left, foot on prow, holding triskeles, resting elbow on knee. Crawford 457/1; CRI 54; Sydenham 1022; RSC 1. Near VF, toned, some scratches under tone.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection (Gemini X, 13 January 2013), lot 204; Berk BBS 129 (24 October 2002), lot 158.