290, Lot: 321. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.42 g, 12h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Head right, wearing grain wreath; eight-rayed star behind / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter with star. Crawford 480/5b; CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. Fine, bankers’ marks.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.