421, Lot: 603. Estimate $400. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3,71 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12; RBW 1600. Good VF, lightly toned.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Nancy Walsh Collection (Gemini XI, 12 January 2014), lot 376 (hammer of $1200); Ex Berk BBS 72 (4 August 1992), lot 205.