171, Lot: 241. Estimate $300. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.99 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, toned.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.