CNG 106, Lot: 675. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 8h). 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. Good VF, lightly toned, struck slightly off center.

From the R. West Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 754308 (April 2005); Heritage 363 (9 January 2005), lot 21061.