445, Lot: 406. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (15mm, 3.92 g, 3h). Military mint travelling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate; simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; RBW 1557. Near EF, toned, obverse a little off center, light marks in right field, .

From a European collection formed prior to the First World War.