CNG 108, Lot: 531. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 g, 12h). 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; RBW 1557. Good VF, toned, a few light scratches on obverse.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 1032.