Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 952. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIUS CAESAR. February-March, 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.99 gm, 7h). Rome mint. C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. CAESAR before, DICT. IN PERPETVO behind, laureate and veiled head of Caesar right / [C.] MARIDIANVS to right, Venus standing left, holding Victory and resting left arm on shield set on globe. Crawford 480/15; Alföldi Type XVIII, 33 (A5/R2); CRI 111a; Sydenham 1068; Kestner 3691; BMCRR Rome 4186; RSC 10. Good VF, area of flat strike on reverse, light toning. Eloquent portrait. ($2000)