CNG 112, Lot: 549. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Military mint travelling 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. Toned, light surface marks. Good VF.

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