393, Lot: 230. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. VF, toned. Well centered and struck.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 887940 (February 2011).