374, Lot: 491. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.88 g, 9h). 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. VF, lightly toned, a few scratches, banker’s mark on the reverse, struck off center on a compact flan.