412, Lot: 428. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late spring-early summer 48 BC. AR Denarius (1718mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath; LII (= 52, Caesar's age) behind / Gallic trophy, holding oval shield and carnyx; securis surmounted by wolf’s head to right. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; RSC 18; DCA 937. Good VF, iridescent tone.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection.