Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 834. Estimate $1750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $2350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIUS CAESAR. February-March, 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.88 gm). C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. Laureate and veiled head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and sceptre resting on shield. Crawford 480/15; Alföldi Type XVIII, 8 (A1/R19)=CNR 62/2=Mazzini 10 (this coin); CRI 111a; Sydenham 1068; RSC 10. Toned, good VF, reverse field smoothed. Rare. ($1750)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Mazzini collection, 10.

An eloquent portrait of the aging dictator, struck during the month before his assassination on the Ides of march, 44 BC.