384, Lot: 529. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12. Good VF, toned, porosity and scratches, obverse off center. Well centered and sharply struck reverse.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 286 (5 September 2012), lot 303.