178, Lot: 84. Estimate $200. Sold for $226. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 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. Near VF, lightly toned, porous with some surface corrosion.