370, Lot: 356. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Diademed head of Venus right, Cupid at her shoulder behind / Trophy of Gallic arms; two seated captives at base. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; Sydenham 1014; RSC 13. VF, toned, banker’s mark and small scuff on obverse and scratch on reverse under tone.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Niagra Associates FPL 5 (August 1972), no. B573.