163, Lot: 265. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 g). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent / Pontifical implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by wolf’s head), and priest’s hat. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. VF, lightly toned, obverse weakly struck.