CNG 102, Lot: 821. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 4.20 g, 12h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate and veiled head right; CAESAR downward to right, DICT PERPETVO upward to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter, shield set on ground to right; P • SEPVLLIVS downward to right, MACER downward to left. Crawford 480/13; Alföldi Type IX, 121–7 var. (A38/R– [unlisted rev. die]); CRI 107d; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; RBW 1685. Good VF, toned, some scratches and hairlines. Well struck. Bold portrait.