237, Lot: 347. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.75 g, 6h). Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right / Venus seated right, holding scepter and Victory. Crawford 480/7b; Alföldi type XV, 48 (this coin); CRI 104a; Sydenham 1062; RSC 24. Near VF, toned, bankers’ marks.

From the Collection of Professor L. Fontana.