453, Lot: 481. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.30 g, 7h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head right; star of eight rays to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory on outstretched right hand and scepter set on star with left. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 43 (A10/R23); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. Toned, slightly off center, scratches, some porosity. VF.
Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 145 (13 March 2018), lot 841 (hammer £550).