CNG 105, Lot: 735. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.08 g, 7h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right / Venus Victrix seated right, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and transverse scepter in left. Crawford 480/7b; Alföldi Type XV, – (A13/R8 [unlisted die combination]); CRI 104a; Sydenham 1062; RSC 24. VF, deep cabinet toning with some iridescence, area of flat strike, graffiti on obverse. Good metal for issue.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22621.