Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1281. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.90 g, 2h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter; shield set on ground to right. Crawford 480/9 or 10; Alföldi Type VIII, 53 (A7/R- [unlisted rev. die]); CRI 107 or 107a; Sydenham 1073; RSC 38. VF, deep gray and iridescent toning, a minor contact mark on obverse under tone, area of flat strike, reverse struck off center, affecting legend.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.