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Two Rare Caesar Lilybaeum Issues

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 911. Estimate $1500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007. 
Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. Late 47 BC. AR Denarius (3.74 g, 9h). Sicilian mint, possibly Lilybaeum. A. Allienus, moneyer. Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Trinacrus standing left, foot on prow, holding triskeles, resting elbow on knee. Crawford 457/1; CRI 54; Sydenham 1022; RSC 1. Good VF, gray and iridescent toning, scratches under tone. Rare.