180, Lot: 118. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.06 g). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent / Pontifical implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by wolf’s head), and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. VF, obverse banker’s mark, a bit off-center.