449, Lot: 509. Estimate $400. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.79 g, 6h). 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. Darkly toned, banker’s mark on Venus’ neck, scratches and graffiti on both sides beneath the toning. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 314 (6 November 2013), lot 319.