374, Lot: 718. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY. Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). Æ Medal (36mm, 25.94 g, 1h). By Giovanni da Cavino, circa 1550. Laureate head of Julius Caesar right / Crossed fasces and caducues; an axe, clasped hands, globe and L • BVCA around. Klawans 4. VF, rough brown surfaces. Aftercast.
From the RBW Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 2996.
This and the previous lot copy a denarius type struck for Caesar by the moneyer L. Aemilius Buca. The current lot correctly copies the moneyer’s name, while the previous transforms it into LEVCA.