The Iconic Caesar “Elephant” Denarius

452, Lot: 650. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.99 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. Toned, reverse struck slightly off center. Near EF.