CNG 90, Lot: 1382. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 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. Near EF, toned, areas of slight flatness of strike.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection, purchased from Spink, May 1960.